Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist - SCI Laurel Highlands

THE POSITION

Join the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Laurel Highlands as a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1 and change lives through recovery. This position gives you the opportunity to support treatment programs that encourage responsibility and growth. You will contribute to a team dedicated to helping individuals develop stronger recovery skills. Take the next step in your career by helping inmates reach new goals!

This position focuses on providing beginning-level professional counseling and support for inmates working through substance-related challenges. You will assist with treatment planning, group facilitation, assessments, and record maintenance. As a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Treatment Support:
  Assist in developing individualized plans and providing supervised counseling sessions
• Group Facilitation:
  Lead therapeutic groups and community meetings according to assigned guidelines
• Record Keeping:
  Maintain accurate treatment records and summaries in compliance with policies and regulations
• Assessment Assistance:
  Conduct assessments with supervisory guidance to help determine needed services
  
  Team Participation:
  Join interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss inmate progress and needs
• Training Attendance:
  Complete required training to strengthen counseling and safety skills

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $56,541.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of para-professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting; and certification by the PA Chemical Abuse Certification Board as a "Certified Addictions Counselor"; or
• One year of experience as a Corrections Counselor or Social Worker; or
• One year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a bachelor's degree that includes 18 college credits in the behavioral sciences; or
• A master's degree with major course work in addictions science, psychology or social work; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 18 college credits in the behavioral sciences.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
• 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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