Treatment Counselor/Qualified Professional

About the role

This job involves facilitating groups, individual sessions, and assessments, advocating for clients, and participating in various team collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Assists clients to identify and progress towards their chosen goals.
• Advocates for clients in all areas of treatment and helps them apply for and receive services.
• Provides prompt intervention in the event of a crisis both to stop the crisis and to notify, when indicated, persons and agencies necessary for the resolution of the situation.
• Makes sure clients' conditions are monitored to evaluate the success of therapy and adapts treatment as needed.
• Enforces the policies and procedures of the Drug Court Treatment Services.
• Facilitates groups, individual, couple/family sessions.
• Participates in documentation of groups, individual, couple and family sessions.
• Participates in group preparation and debrief.
• Participates in case staffing.
• Participates in Program Development and "What Works" meetings and advanced program training.
• Participates in Consultation Meetings.
• Counsels family members to assist family in dealing with and providing support for client.

Qualifications

• A member of one of the following professional disciplines, as defined herein: certified, credentialed or licensed alcohol and drug counselor, licensed professional counselor, licensed nurse, licensed physician, psychologist, counselor holding a master's degree in a related field from an approved college or university, licensed, licensed clinical or licensed master's social worker, a person holding a bachelor's degree in a related field, or a person holding an associate degree in chemical dependency counseling who has applied for the Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselor (CADC), pending successful completion of the next testing cycle.
• Has 1,040 hours of supervised experience providing substance abuse treatment.

Education and/or Experience

• Knowledge of psychosocial rehabilitation's treatment and programming.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with staff, members, families, community agencies and professionals.
• Ability to perform crisis intervention strategies.
• Ability to work effectively under stress and conflict.
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgment and decision-making.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in any given situation.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to supervise staff, delegate responsibility and provide leadership and training.
• Ability to be well organized, flexible, and self-disciplined.
• Knowledge and experience in treatment including client evaluation, counseling techniques, relapse prevention, case management, and family therapy.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, stand, sit, and use the hands.
• Occasionally the employee must crouch or kneel.
• The employee must occasionally exert or lift.