Substance Abuse Counselor - Residential

Role and Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and implement all substance related services.
• Conduct and supervise intakes by administering a bio/psycho/social/spiritual substance abuse/mental health assessment and able to determine level of care needed for client using the ASAM placement criteria.
• Be proactive in the counseling support on an on-going basis YFT staff and team members.
• Assess all new residents using the SASSI (or equivalent instrument) and ASAM criteria for Adolescent/Adults.
• Facilitate the following services but not limited to: Chemical Education-Psycho-Educational Group for Adolescent Male and Female Groups, Overcomers’ 12-step group-Adolescent/Adult Male and Female Groups, Individual Assessments, Individual/Family Counseling.
• Document into Kipu (organizations EHR database) individual, all groups, and family counseling sessions.
• Plan, schedule, and implement all substance related services to residents.
• Chemical Education to all RTC residents and Specialized Groups for those who require the additional services.
• Conduct intakes by administering a bio/psycho/social/spiritual substance abuse/mental health assessment and able to determine level of care needed for client using the ASAM placement criteria for Adolescent.
• Create a relapse prevention plan with Client and the responsible adult in a minor prior to initial home visit and/or at the 60/day onset of Drug Counseling.
• Attend all training mandated by YFT with prior approval from Supervisor.

Qualifications

• Licensed and/or Certified by the Board of Counseling under the Commonwealth of Virginia and Department of Health Professions, minimum, as a CSAC.
• Master’s Degree and licensure (LSATP, LMHP), or LMHP-e (eligibility for licensure) to provide counseling services.
• Knowledge of drug policy and drug screening techniques and the ASAM Assessment Criteria.
• Possess skills and abilities to assess treatment needs and deliver appropriate interventions.
• Ability to communicate with residents, parents, and staff.
• Dependability to meet client needs as scheduled.
• Clinical writing skills to meet requirements of DBHDS client record reviews.
• Able to effectively design and implement a Substance Abuse program in a residential environment.
• Able to remain flexible with scheduling to include evenings/weekends.

Required Trainings

• FIRST AID/ CPR
• HANDLE WITH CARE: STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
• SHAKEN BABY
• MANDATORY REPORTING
• AND 25 HOURS OF JOB SPECIFIC RELATED TRAINING

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Continuing education
• Ongoing trainings
• Comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees including medical, dental, vision, group life insurance, and up to a 5% retirement match.
• Supplemental insurances such as life, short-term disability, critical illness, accident insurance and legal resources.
• Up to 9 paid holidays and personal time off accruals.