Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III - FT - Downey

Job Summary :

Provides Chemical Dependency services and psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, significant others of CD patients, and families under indirect supervision. Essential Responsibilities :

• Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.
• Provides higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional / family dysfunction).
• Performs intake and psychosocial assessments.
• Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP / S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval.
• Participates in clinical case conferences.
• Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures.
• Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services.
• Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned.
• Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.
• May perform mentor functions / clinical direction to CDRP / S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications : Experience

Education

License, Certification, Registration

Additional Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :

PrimaryLocation : California,Downey,Orchard Medical Offices Building A

HoursPerWeek : 40

Shift : Variable

Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

WorkingHoursStart : 08 : 00 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 08 : 00 PM

Job Schedule : Full-time

Job Type : Standard

Employee Status : Regular

Employee Group / Union Affiliation : B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care

Department : Orchard MOB #A - Chemical Dependency-Reg Clin - 0806

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

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