IOP Counselor (CADC, LCAS)

Compensation

$25.00 - 31.00/hr + Bonus Structure

Credentials/Licensure

LCAS or CADC required

Job Summary

The IOP Counselors emphasize delivering compassionate, evidence-based care to patients overcoming addiction, using a multidisciplinary approach that fosters hope, respect, and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Prompt and regular attendance at an assigned work location.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks/projects in a timely manner.
• Inspire hope that addiction is not a moral failing but a mental disease that can be overcome.
• Admissions using ASAM criteria.
• Provide evidence-based counseling, TCM and empowering crisis support services to patients to live their best lives.
• Enliven compassionate care and empower patients to realize their best level of functioning in the community.
• Employ an individualized and multidisciplinary approach to care with all medical staff, supporting the “shared” patient with hope, respect and care.
• Help patients identify and seek treatment for underlying mental and physical health conditions that perpetuate addictive behavior with a focus on progress and recovery.
• Work in close partnership with the recovery care team and clinical supervisor while conducting individual and group counseling sessions as required; make referrals to case management services as appropriate.
• Orient patients to the treatment program’s services, operation and procedures; Provide intake/readmission services, including several weeks of supportive follow-up counseling for new patients until a primary counselor has been assigned.
• Ensure patient records are up-to-date, accurate, complete and well-organized.
• Comply with all regulations to include State and BHG requirements for quality patient care; respect confidentiality and privacy with the utmost reverence.

Qualifications

• LCAS required.
• High integrity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound judgment.
• Efficient.
• Self-starter.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to make decisions and use proper judgment with confidential and sensitive issues.
• Ability to deal appropriately with patient and team members in stressful or other challenging situations and to seek direction from supervisors when necessary.
• Must be able to react quickly.
• Must have sufficient knowledge of the substance abuse population, treatment planning and the field of human social services to work toward the rehabilitation of the patient.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Prolonged sitting, some bending, stooping or stretching.
• Variable workload, periodic high stress and activity level.
• Standard medical office conditions and environments.
• Interactions with patients who may be ill, have infectious diseases, have mental health diagnoses and/or are involved in the criminal justice system.
• Keyboarding for long periods of time.