Certified Substance Abuse Counselor

Description

Compassionate Substance Use Counselor Needed!

Position Overview :

Substance abuse counselor will be in charge with assisting patients through medically assisting treatments and offering techniques for handling opioid addiction. Counselor conducts individual sessions to assist with crisis management and coping strategies. Counselor will evaluate patients’ progress during counseling and collaborate with doctors, nurses and other counselors to assist the patients’ achieving overall outcome.

Responsibilities :

• Provide individual counseling services; direct service hours at regularly scheduled intervals; coordinate all services throughout treatment .
• Conducts individual initial assessment and evaluation interviews for service eligibility determination .
• Completes Bio-psychosocial assessment.
• Facilitates, establishes and reviews with each patient the initial treatment plan .
• Involve families and significant others in patient’s recovery process whenever possible .
• Respond, as needed, to patient grievances and complaints .
• Develop aftercare plans and discharge plans .
• Other related duties as determined by supervisor .

Qualification :

Salary Range :

Salary ranges from $25.78 to $26.78 an hour.

The salary of the candidate(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, experience, education, specialty and training.

BayMark offers excellent benefits :

Total compensation goes beyond the value on the paycheck. Please consider the total compensation package by contacting us at BayMark Health Services for more information.

What to expect from us :

BAART Programs , a BayMark Health Services, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization is committed to the highest quality of patient care in a comfortable outpatient clinic setting. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.

BayMark Health Services is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State / Federal laws.

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