Substance Use Disorder Counselor

Job Overview

Job Summary:

The SUD Counselor, working in conjunction with the treatment team and under the direction of the Clinical Systems Manager, Supervisor, Lead Psychotherapist/Counselor, and/or Charge Nurse, is responsible for the therapeutic implementation of the SUD treatment program for clients. This includes planning, coordinating, and delivering SUD counseling services and developing relationships with family members and concerned persons.

Oversees and facilitates comprehensive assessment process for individual clients.

• Completes comprehensive assessments as required
• Reviews result of all assessment components and develop a summary of needs
• Develop treatment plan, which addresses problems identified through assessment

Develops treatment plan and goals

• Actively involves the client and the family in the development of a treatment plan
• Communicates/consults with internal and external members of treatment team
• Makes referrals for additional services as needed and follows up to assess client acceptance of/or appropriateness of referral
• Actively involves client in assessing progress on treatment goals and develops a workable plan for continuing recovery
• Utilizes family and community resources to enhance client’s recovery plan
• Regularly reviews and updates to reflect client status
• Produces reports/summaries documenting client progress

Facilitates one or more of the following components of treatment: orientation, as needed:

• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Lectures and family groups
• Facilitates recreation activities
• Workshops, psycho-education and skills groups

Care Coordination

• Uses community resources in making discharge plans
• Plans activities that bring services, resources and/or people together within a planned framework of action toward achievement of established goals
• Identifies needs that cannot be met by the program and assist the client to utilize support systems available
• Completes appropriate documentation of care coordination activities

Develops personally and professionally.

• Utilizes clinical supervisor and staff to feedback regarding needs
• Develops a plan to meet those needs
• Fulfills licensing and accreditation requirements regarding professional development

Participates in process improvements

• Identifies improvement opportunities
• Assess the impact and quantification
• Tests and helps to implement solutions

Maintains awareness of funding issues that may affect client outcomes and completes all related tasks

Demonstrates the ability to advance evidence based practice by utilizing standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information into practice to continually improve care and practice so that patient outcomes are enhanced.

Promotes a culture of evidence based practice by participation in any of, but not limited to, the following activities:

• Utilizing evidence based policies in clinical practice
• Attends and participates in learning opportunities about evidence based practice
• Membership in hospital or unit based practice council/research council
• Evidence based practice project (e.g. policy development or poster presentation)
• Journal club, journal article critique and circulation
• Literature review
• Development of standard/pathway/guideline for patient care
• Presentation
• Research study

Organization Expectations, as applicable:

• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served
• Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making
• Communicates in a respectful manner
• Ensures a safe, secure environment
• Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs
• Modifies clinical interventions based on population served
• Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver
• Fulfills all organizational requirements
• Completes all required learning relevant to the role
• Complies with all relevant laws, regulation and policies
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• No felony conviction or have been incarcerated as a result of a felony conviction in the last three years
• Has not had a chemical use problem during the last two years
• Licensed Alcohol & Drug…