IOP Group Counselor SUD outpatient program - LSW, LMFT, LPC, LCDC III, LCDC II

About the job

The Clinician is responsible for providing confidential addiction and / or mental health counseling, education and support to individuals, families, and the community, and for promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy choices. Under the supervision of the Program Director / Clinical Director, the Clinician will provide substance use and / or mental health services including, but not limited to, assessment, group, individual, and family sessions, and other modalities to clients and their families according to demonstrated competence.

Duties, Responsibilities, & Essential Job Functions :

• Assessing clients using psychometric screeners or other evidence-based assessment tools (i.e., PHQ-9, GAD-7, etc.) and diagnosing clients for substance use and / or mental health disorders using the most updated Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM).
• Obtaining previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode.
• Collaborating with the client in order to develop a written treatment plan that is individualized, client-centered, and recovery oriented and includes goals and measurable objectives.
• Providing counseling services specified in the client’s treatment plan.
• Reviewing clients throughout the treatment episode according to ASAM criteria, to determine the need for continued services or discharge / transfer.
• Reviewing and, where necessary, revising the counseling portion of the client treatment plan to address emerging problems.
• Developing the client discharge / transfer plans to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care are successful.
• Facilitating individual, group, and psychoeducational sessions with clients and / or family members, in accordance with state regulations and Joint Commission standards.
• Contacting referral sources, providing case consultation and coordination with referral sources.
• Participating as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned clients.
• Providing active case consultation.
• Documenting all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client's medical record, and providing appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records.

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