Counselor

Position Overview :

ACI is seeking a qualified Clinician to provide direct services to clients in collaboration with an interdisciplinary treatment team in our Detox and Rehab Inpatient program settings. The Clinician ensures that quality of care is provided to all clients according to their individual needs using group and individual sessions, as well as working with the case management and medical treatment teams to provide full-spectrum SUD services. Candidates should be comfortable with utilizing a variety of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and should be comfortable facilitating psycho-educational groups.

Responsibilities :

• Provide support to individuals entering early recovery.
• Demonstrate ability to manage a caseload of individual clients.
• Provide complete and thorough assessments of each client.
• Demonstrate ability to facilitate educational and psychodynamic addiction and mental health recovery-based groups.
• Complete documentation within EMR in a timely and accurate manner, including but not limited to, group note documentation, one on one sessions, etc.
• Provide individualized treatment and discharge planning for each patient on your caseload.
• On an ongoing basis, the counselor holds regularly scheduled individual counseling sessions with patients on their caseload.
• Demonstrate ability to provide crisis intervention and / or crisis stabilization when necessary.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences and trauma informed.
• Facilitate psycho-educational case-load groups to increase understanding of the patient’s recovery, improve coping skills, and performance of activities of daily living.
• Function autonomously and utilize appropriate judgment in day-to-day patient care.
• Review caseload charts to ensure compliance with OASAS, JACHO, and MCOs.
• Establishes professional and therapeutic relationships and serves as a positive role model for the patients.
• Attend all mandatory training seminars offered by the agency and our partners.
• Comply with local, state, and federal confidentiality laws and regulations.
• Abide by ACI’s and our governing bodies’ code of ethics and moral values.
• Attend weekly Clinical Supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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