Master's Level Substance Abuse Disorder Counselor

Join the VitalCore Health Strategies Team in Mississippi! We’re people who are fueled by passion, not by profit. VitalCore Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a Master's Level SUD Counselor at Southern MS Correctional Facility in Leakesville, MS.

About the role

You will be given the opportunity to utilize your training, skills, and experience in a face-to-face setting with people from a variety of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Being able to see the impact you are making with these individuals when they are at their lowest, least hopeful points. You will work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team comprised of Medical, Psychiatry, Ancillary, Security, Legal, community providers, and psychiatric hospitals in real-time with real people.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis stabilization, complete intakes and ongoing evaluations, and consultation to in-house and community services.
• Participate in monthly behavioral health calls and collaborate with the medical team to determine overall treatment for each individual.
• Perform risk assessment of inmates and coordinate care with an interdisciplinary team including medical staff, community providers, psychiatric hospitals, and corrections.
• Assist in planning and implementing the goals and objectives of programs and projects.
• Prepare necessary documentation, records, and reports.
• Utilize clinical skills such as prioritizing treatment needs, crisis management, and brief clinical interventions including CBT and Motivational Interviewing.
• Make independent clinical decisions while utilizing assistance and supervisory intervention as needed.

Requirements

• Graduation from a Master's level program or higher in a clinician/counselor/social work capacity from a public or private agency or equivalent (preferred).
• Individuals who are not certified must be under the direct supervision of a certified clinical supervisor with written documentation of supervision.

Benefits

• Holiday Pay: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Life Insurance.
• Short Term/Long Term Disability.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Pet Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center.
• 401K & Plan Matching.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Annual Incentive Bonus.