Substance Abuse Counselor

Position: Substance Abuse Counselor (52934)
Location: Northern

# Substance Abuse Counselor (52934)
Caguas
- Kennedy 139 A Jose Mercado
- Caguas, PR 00725## Overview Salary Range $15.00 - $15.00 Hourly## Description
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* Position Summary:

** Responsible for ensuring that clients receive the individual range of medical care and other comprehensive services necessary to optimize each client's substance use, mental health, and health outcomes.
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* Essential Job Functions:

*** It is responsible for the targeted evaluations of their substance abuse of all Project clients.
* It is responsible for participating in the initial interview for the determination of needs and maintaining the social reports of each of the clients, carrying out evaluations of an emotional nature, self-esteem, independent living abilities, for the different necessary departments, making psychoactive history of the client
* She gives individual and group therapies aimed at substance abuse and improves social and community skills.
* Realization of treatment plans and collection of services performed on clients
* Design plans that guide the client in achieving their goals.
* It contributes to the development and increase of Well-being, involving the individual, group and community, as well as institutions and services related to the use and abuse of substances.
* Participate with the Social Worker in the elaboration and development of the service plan.
* It carries out visits to the penal institutions as required by the Program or Project.
* Realiza reuniones de autoayuda, familia y pareja.
* Review of records and compliance with eligibility documents in coordination with the Coordinator
* In charge of all things support groups, client evaluation, and conducting substance abuse service activities on a daily basis.
* Keeps the coordinator abreast of situations that occurred during their interventions.
* Assess the needs of clients in conjunction with the team and others
* Represents and accompanies in court and/or in an Arbitration Chamber.
* Set new goals and objectives so that each client can develop a life plan and can reintegrate into the community by implementing the skills learned within the help center.
* Help the customer eliminate harmful behaviors.
* Keep notes in the service file, of interventions with customers.
* Visit penal institutions according to the nature of the program or project.
* Make work and statistical reports.
* Perform drug tests.## Qualifications
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* Education:

*** Bachelor of Social Work with an active Substance Abuse Counseling Certification, if you are a Social Worker, you must have a valid license to practice as a Social Worker. Certification of having taken courses and training on the issue of addiction to drugs, alcohol and other related services. Bilingual, writing skills**.*
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