Job Description
Job Description
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The Substance Abuse Counselor is dedicated to supporting individuals struggling with addiction and substance abuse. This role involves assessing clients' needs, developing personalized treatment plans, and providing therapeutic support to help clients achieve and maintain sobriety. The counselor will work closely with clients, their families, and other healthcare professionals to promote recovery and well-being.
Qualifications :
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Current Certification or Registration with accepted certifying bodies in CA. (CCAPP, CAADE, etc.) required. Registrants must be certified within 5 years of registration as mandated by DHCS regulations.
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience with active recovery programs.
- Minimum one years’ experience as a Substance Abuse Counselor preferred.
- Knowledge of community resources required.
- Bilingual Preferred.
- Understanding of current evidenced based treatment specific to women in recovery.
Essential Job Functions :
Ability to communicate ideas in oral and written form.Protect and honor individual integrity through confidentiality.Ability to work in a harmonious manner with subordinates, supervisors, and others.Physical, mental and emotional health adequate to perform duties.Must possess knowledge of current issues and trends in substance use treatment and recovery.Adhere to all applicable legal and ethical standards.Ability to work effectively with cultural / ethnic diversity.Must possess group facilitation skills.Responsibilities :
Provide group and individual substance use treatment and recovery services.Provide assessment and treatment planning for clients.Effectively navigate and utilize the electronic health record (EHR).Maintain caseload of clients as primary counselor.Keep comprehensive clinical records that meet standards of the agency, The Joint Commission and contract.Collaborate with the referring agency or other community agencies working with the client to coordinate treatment.Collect outcome data, including consumer satisfaction surveys, as required by the agency and contract.Must implement program goals and objectives to meet and maintain contractual requirements and productivity.Provide direct substance use treatment to clients.Provide assessment and treatment planning for clients.Maintain caseload of clients as primary counselor.Facilitate group and individual substance use treatment and recovery services.Keep comprehensive clinical records that meet standards of the agency, The Joint Commission and contract.Collaborate with the referring agency or other community agencies working with the client to coordinate treatment.Collect outcome data, including consumer satisfaction surveys, as required by the agency and contract.Must implement program goals and objectives to meet and maintain contractual requirements and productivity.Participate in scheduled peer review.Responsible for preventing and controlling infection.Responsible for maintaining a culture of quality and safety.Perform urine and / or saliva collection for clients.Effectively use de-escalation skills and techniques for crisis prevention.Properly administer the C-SSRS to help prevent suicide.Other :
Attend all required meetings and trainings.Report any suspected child or dependent adult / elder abuse or neglect immediately to direct supervisor or utilize the chain of command if supervisor is unavailable.Report any client imminent danger to self or to others or gravely disabled immediately to direct supervisor or utilize the chain of command if supervisor is unavailable.Other duties as assigned.