BASIC FUNCTION: Provides trauma informed, strengths based, recovery oriented treatment and counseling services to promote rehabilitation and client-centered interventions. Demonstrates professional competency by successfully engaging and treating clients to meet treatment goals.
MAJOR DUTIES:
· Counsels clients, writes treatment plans, assesses client progress, and recommends needed services such as HIV and vocational counseling referrals, parenting classes, and others to meet clients’ needs
· Provides individual counseling and treatment/recovery plan preparation, monitoring, and reviewing.
· Facilitates activities of daily living, community meetings, engagement, and carry out of treatment planning in milieu.
· Provides therapeutic interactions to foster residents’ social, cognitive and behavioral skill development.
· Teaches clients how to manage stress and circumstances affecting their lives.
· Case Management of legal reports, court letters, EAP, and/or educational assistance.
· Collaborate with Vocational staff to integrate vocational rehabilitation into the overall treatment process.
· Recommend clients for consultations as appropriate (i.e. psychological or psychiatric).
· Participates in assessing clients in weekly staff meetings and in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
· Participates in providing education and support to clients receiving medications for substance use disorder, mental health and co-occurring medical conditions.
· Assists other clinical staff by providing information necessary to assess clients and collaborate on treatment planning.
· Obtains, monitors and integrates into treatment planning all toxicology data as directed by the supervisor.
· Completes in-service and other training.
· Participates in all meetings as directed by supervisor.
· Fills in for other Counselors who may be on leave as needed.
· In Residential programs, conducts room inspections to assure cleanliness and adherence to program rules and regulations.
· Performs other duties as requested or assigned.
SCHEDULE: Multiple Full Time Available
RATE: $55,000 - $62,700 / year dep. on experience
LOCATION: NY, NY 10002
We offer excellent benefits including:
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