Community Adult Substance Abuse Counselor

This position is responsible for the technical supervision support for the Alcohol Outpatient Services component and Chee-Woy-Na-Zhee Halfway House. The Incumbent provides treatment and manages individual and group therapy for clients with a primary diagnosis of chemical dependency who may have a variety of other medical, psychosocial and environmental problems. Will be responsible for the planning, evaluating, education and preventive care in the substance abuse outpatient/halfway house components.

• Must be familiar with the AIHRC program organization, philosophy, function, responsibilities and policies.
• Carries an active client caseload and applies therapeutic strategies that will motivate and redirect the behavior of chemically dependent individuals. This includes intake and assessment; treatment planning; treatment; progress reviews discharge; and follow-up.
• Provides leadership to other members of the treatment team and is responsible for coordinating and conducting therapeutic activities.
• Provides lectures on a wide variety of topics related to substance abuse treatment.
• Provides therapeutic activities (individual, group, family and marital therapy) independently addressing complex issues regarding patient care and resolving conflict/problems.
• Provides educational services and lectures to the Halfway House clients on a variety of topics related to alcohol/drug problems and treatment.
• Assists in the implementation of the Quality Assurance Plan by conducting client record reviews, coordinating patient treatment plan reviews, insuring that client follow-up reports are completed in a timely and efficient manner. Reporting all findings and statistical reports to the Clinical Supervisor.
• Will provide training and knowledge from counseling experience to Provisional Counselors.
• Conduct Bio-psycho-social spiritual assessments for treatment planning and determine the need for further psychological/psychiatric testing and evaluation.
• Develops comprehensive treatment plans based on individual needs to include specific goals and objectives that specify clients’ strengths/weaknesses and addresses the problems identified in the assessment. Treatment plans to have time frames for completion and anticipated outcomes.
• Documents all aspects of client care including observations, treatments provided and client responses to treatment and other treatment recommendations.
• Develop comprehensive aftercare plans with specific recommendations that will facilitate the on-going process of recovery and address the comprehensive needs of the clients.
• Participate in medical rounds with the medical staff in Clinical Supervisors absence.
• Monitor record keeping procedures to ensure full compliance with Federal rules and regulations governing client confidentiality. (42
  
  CFR)
• Complete timely and efficient documentation of client care that is in full compliance with Indian Health Service, JCAHO and Nebraska State Standards of Care.
• Supervise personnel engaged in providing alcohol and drug abuse counseling to the youth and adult segments of the community and sign off on all clinical documents.
• Work closely with School Administration, Tribal Court, Social Services and other referral agencies to establish total client care.
• Develops working relationships with inpatient treatment facilities and detox centers and be knowledgeable of their application and intake procedures.
• Responsible for submitting monthly reports of activities for program, State and Federal compliance purposes.
• Accurately completes AIHRC clinical records recording system and State of Nebraska forms on each client assigned.
• Administer computer generated assessment tools, i.e. ASI, SASSI, and PEI,…