Trainee Employee Assistance Program (Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor)

About the role

We are seeking an energetic and talented individual to join our team at the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center. Our mission is to create a positive impact through our values of inclusivity, service, integrity, community, and family.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements Trainee Employee Assistance Program, including assessment, intervention, counseling, relapse prevention, and education.
• Provides a minimum of a 1-hour interactive presentation on substance use prevention for all new students during the Career Preparation Period.
• Conducts presentations on managing substance misuse, abuse, and dependency conditions in the workplace students during the Career Development and Transition Periods.
• Schedules and conducts at least three annual center-wide substance use prevention and education activities.
• Participates in clinical consultation with Center Director, management staff, Center Mental Health Consultant, and Health and Wellness Manager regarding substance use related prevention and education efforts for students and staff.
• Coordinates with other departments/programs on center to develop integrated prevention and education services.
• Reviews Social Intake Form (SIF) or intake assessment of all students performed by counseling staff within 1 week of arrival.
• Conducts formalized assessment measures (e.g., SASSI3 or SASSIA2) and makes clinical judgment to determine students’ risk levels for substance use.
• Collaborates with the Center Mental Health Consultant to determine when a MSWR or medical separation is appropriate and should be recommended for a student with substance use conditions and co-occurring conditions.
• Makes referrals to off-center substance abuse professionals or agencies for ongoing treatment and/or specialized services.
• Provides individual and group intervention services with a focus on behaviors that represent employability barriers.
• Aids in developing Center operating procedures for program components related to alcohol and other drug testing, positive results, and intervention.
• Develops and monitors student intervention plans and documents progress in student’s health record.
• Conducts ongoing counseling and support groups to include an introduction to the self-help process for intervention students.
• Works with the Center Mental Health Consultant (CMHC), Center physician, wellness staff, counselors, and other non-health staff to ensure that intervention program components are understood and integrated on Center and that staff support student intervention plans.
• Collaborates with recreation department to assist in developing leisure time activities and specific incentives to reinforce an alcohol-free and drug-free lifestyle.
• Maintains liaison with community intervention resources.
• Evaluates self-help groups and establishes appropriate referrals.
• Affords assistance in compiling quarterly report for submission to the National Health Service.
• Conducts training on alcohol and other drugs of abuse to all newly employed staff and to existing staff on an annual basis.
• Works toward meeting performance management goals.
• Fulfills PRH mandated staff training.
• Performs other duties as assigned within the individual’s scope and capabilities.

Requirements

• Above average public speaking skills and experience in same, above average verbal and written skills, problem-solving skills and conflict resolution skills, computer literacy, ability to work some evening hours and periodic weekends.
• Minimum 1 year experience in field and minimum 1 year working with youth or young adults preferred.
• Certification: Active, unrestricted substance abuse license or certification that meets minimum state licensing or certification requirements to practice in the state where the center is located.
• Valid Driver’s License.