RS - SUDP Counselor III, Recovery Services (On-Call)

About the Organization

Help us provide hope, opportunity, and voice to thousands in our region by joining our team! All candidates are welcome to apply, especially those with diverse lived experiences who bring their perspective, personal identities, and history. We strongly encourage candidates who represent Asian & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, intersectional communities to submit applications.

Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) has been working toward social justice and offering a broad array of behavioral health programs, human services, and civic engagement activities for Asians, Pacific Islanders, and other underserved communities in King County and beyond. Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of Asians and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders (A&NH/PIs) and other communities by providing and advocating for responsive community-based services.

About the Role

ACRS seeks an on-call SUDP Counselor III – Recovery Services (On-Call) who provides as-needed advanced counseling and case management services to support continuity of care within Recovery Services. This role ensures high-quality, culturally humble, and trauma-informed care primarily for the Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (A&NH/PI) communities, while also serving individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provides integrated and holistic services to meet the range of clients’ behavioral health care needs based on recovery principles.
• Provides coordinated services in compliance with relevant State, County, and City standards, including meeting expectations of the applicable systems, including mental health, substance use disorder, and/or problem gambling.
• Coordinates and cooperates with other agencies, organizations, and natural supports on client evaluation, care plans, and follow-up to meet state and agency requirements and to ensure quality care to clients.
• Prepares progress reports and completion notices and provides them to the courts, probation departments, and referral sources as appropriate.
• Prepares concise, complete, and accurate progress notes and program documentation according to agency policy and system standards.
• Participates in Agency required and Program recommended training and meetings.
• Provides guidance to staff by assisting with clinical questions and other issues when the Manager/Supervisor is unavailable.
• Provides team backup for case coverage and group facilitation when staff are out of the office, both planned and unplanned.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in social work or social/behavioral science with two years of post-SUDP experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in social science with four years of post-SUDP experience; or an Associate’s degree in social science with six years of post-SUDP experience. The candidate must also have an active Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) certification.

Skills

• Cultural Humility: Ability to provide effective and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural beliefs and practices.
• Fluency in Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander language.
• Ability to work as a team member with professional and support staff; analyze and draw conclusions from case records; apply casework principles to individual situations; and exercise judgment and organize multiple tasks.
• Advanced understanding of trauma-informed care principles and the ability to apply evidence-based practices in substance use disorder treatment to support client recovery.
• Proficient in understanding contract requirements and agency policy/procedure.
• Technical Skills: Effective ability to navigate a personal computer. Competency in use of the Microsoft Office and other relevant software for word processing, calendaring, e-mail, and data entry.

Benefits

• Competitive pay range between $35.95 to $39.99 hourly.
• Free on-site parking available at Main Office.
• Accrue 1-hour of Sick Leave per every 30 hours worked. Accrual begins on Day-one. Accrued Sick Leave becomes available for use after 60 days of employment.
• Employee assistance program.