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COUNSELOR; BA/BSW
Job in
Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 49012, USA
Listed on 2026-10-15
Listing for:
Skywood Recovery
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-15
Job specializations:
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Counselor
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Augusta
- Provides individual substance use disorder counseling to assigned patients consistent with assessed needs, individualized treatment/service plans, counselor credentialing, competency, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Facilitates substance use disorder counseling groups, therapeutic groups, psycho educational groups, recovery-focused groups, and other structured clinical programming utilizing evidence-informed approaches appropriate to the patient population.
- Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients using professional boundaries, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed approaches, person-centered care, and other evidence-informed counseling techniques.
- Develops, implements, reviews, and updates individualized treatment/service plans in collaboration with the patient and interdisciplinary treatment team and in accordance with regulatory and organizational requirements.
- Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation, including individual counseling notes, group notes, treatment/service plans, treatment plan reviews, progress notes, discharge-related documentation, and other required clinical records.
- Recognizes and appropriately responds to changes in patient behavior, emotional status, safety concerns, relapse risk, and other clinically significant issues and immediately escalates concerns according to established protocols.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to organizational policies regarding patient rights, grievances, abuse and neglect, mandated reporting, safety, emergency response, infection prevention, and incident reporting.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides individual substance use disorder counseling to assigned patients consistent with assessed needs, individualized treatment/service plans, counselor credentialing, competency, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Facilitates substance use disorder counseling groups, therapeutic groups, psycho educational groups, recovery-focused groups, and other structured clinical programming utilizing evidence-informed approaches appropriate to the patient population.
- Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients using professional boundaries, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed approaches, person-centered care, and other evidence-informed counseling techniques.
- Develops, implements, reviews, and updates individualized treatment/service plans in collaboration with the patient and interdisciplinary treatment team and in accordance with regulatory and organizational requirements.
- Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation, including individual counseling notes, group notes, treatment/service plans, treatment plan reviews, progress notes, discharge-related documentation, and other required clinical records.
- Recognizes and appropriately responds to changes in patient behavior, emotional status, safety concerns, relapse risk, and other clinically significant issues and immediately escalates concerns according to established protocols.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to organizational policies regarding patient rights, grievances, abuse and neglect, mandated reporting, safety, emergency response, infection prevention, and incident reporting.
Skills And Abilities
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Must have high level of interpersonal skills. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, professionalism, tact and diplomacy.
- Must have strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Understanding of diverse cultures and gender specific issues and the ability to…
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