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Job Title: Substance Abuse Counselor.
SKILLS & POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELOR
Our Mission:
Center Point DAAC's mission is to provide comprehensive social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing and rehabilitation services to combat social problems such as substance abuse, poverty, unemployment and homelessness. Center Point DAAC offers rehabilitation and treatment services that interrupt the abusive cycles of psychological, social and economic dislocation by providing critical training and support so that individuals and families can claim self-worth and dignity.
Center Point DAAC's mission is to provide comprehensive social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing and rehabilitation services to combat social problems such as substance abuse, poverty, unemployment and homelessness. Center Point DAAC offers rehabilitation and treatment services that interrupt the abusive cycles of psychological, social and economic dislocation by providing critical training and support so that individuals and families can claim self-worth and dignity.
Job Title: Substance Abuse Counselor.
Department: Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient
Location: 2403 Professional Drive, Santa Rosa, CA & 790 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA.
Status: Full time, Part time, On Call, AM and PM.
Reports to: Program Manager.
Classification: Non-exempt.
Compensation: $28.00 for registered counselors, $33.00 for certified counselors.
Additional $2.00 per hour differential for Bilingual English/Spanish speaking counselors with completion of bilingual skills assessment.
Job Summary: Center Point DAAC is seeking passionate and experienced Certified Substance Abuse Counselors to join our) team. As a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, you will provide counseling and education to chemically dependent individuals, promoting recovery and well-being.
DUTIES:
Direct Treatment:
Additional $2.00 per hour differential for Bilingual English/Spanish speaking counselors with completion of bilingual skills assessment.
Job Summary: Center Point DAAC is seeking passionate and experienced Certified Substance Abuse Counselors to join our) team. As a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, you will provide counseling and education to chemically dependent individuals, promoting recovery and well-being.
DUTIES:
Direct Treatment:
- Serves as primary counselor to assigned clients.
- Coordinates the patient’s treatment within the program. Discharges patients as appropriate in a timely fashion.
- Provide weekly individual counseling sessions to assigned patients. Provide individual counseling to the general program population as needed.
- Conduct urine sample collections.
- Monitor urinalysis testing to ensure a minimum of one test per patient per month.
- Treats clients and prospective clients with professionalism and courtesy always.
Documentation & Reporting:
- Conducts treatment evaluations and develops appropriate treatment plans.
- Maintains thorough and efficient patient files in accordance with Title IX and Federal Regulations.
- Positional appropriate knowledge of electronic health systems, and other applications as required.
- Ensure that treatment plans are written every 3 months. Ensure that justifications are written every year.
- Maintains weekly attendee tracking reports.
- Ensures that all documentation is complete and thorough.
- Conduct intake interviews, pre-admission assessments (ASAM), and patient background checks.
- Meet report and treatment plan deadlines and completes other paperwork in a timely fashion.
- Accurately record all urinalysis test results in patient files.
Teamwork, Training & Support:
- Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings. Presents patients at weekly staff meetings as required.
- Notifies internal and external stakeholders of treatment progress as necessary. Participates as a treatment team member.
- Maintains close communication with the medical staff.
- Provides support in the orientation and training of counseling interns.
- Works effectively with front office staff, communicating schedule changes and other vital information. Assists in training and mentoring interns and “counselors in training” personnel in administrative and clinical aspects.
- Performs special assignments as directed by the Program Manager. Participate in Utilization Committee Reviews (UCR).
Time & Accountability:
- Maintains good attendance and punctuality.
- Follows through on activities and responsibilities in a timely manner in accordance with regulatory standards. Ensures all license and certification requirements are current.
- Maintain good attendance and be prepared to start work duties at the beginning of each shift.
- Customer Service.
- Responds to crisis and information calls from the community on an as-needed basis.
- Treats clients and prospective clients with professionalism always.
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor or Center Point DAAC leadership.
SKILLS & POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma or equivalent (College education is a plus).
- Able to read, write, and speak English fluently (Spanish is a plus).
- Possesses good written and verbal communication skills.
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