Addictions Counselor ; Creedmoor ATC

Duties Description

The Addictions Counselor 3 will supervise a multidisciplinary team providing addiction services and supports to clients who may have co-occurring mental health disorders. Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Participates in the formulation, management, development, and oversight of services.
• Provides full range of clinical and administrative supervision to subordinate staff; may act as shift supervisor.
• Monitors clinical record-keeping to ensure compliance with OASAS and regulatory requirements, schedules quarterly case reviews.
• Provides clinical consultation to staff and intervenes in more difficult or challenging cases.
• Provides crisis intervention.
• Ensures that individual and group counseling is provided to each client assigned to a case management team.
• Provides direct clinical services to clients and may carry a case load.
• Facilitates individual and group therapy, educational presentations and related tasks in support of quality client care and the total therapeutic environment.
• Participates actively in the management/leadership committee and other committees or work groups as assigned.
• May oversee specialized service components specific to an ATC, which may include women with children, co-occurring disorders, community residence services, and/or cultural specific services.
• May transport clients using agency vehicles.
• May serve as building supervisor in the absence of assigned ATC leadership.
• Completes required client and facility documentation (both electronic and paper) adhering to applicable OASAS procedures and confidentiality regulations.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications Eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law OR Reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list.
Promotion: current registration as a CASAC-Advanced Counselor or CASAC-Master Counselor in New York State and one year of service as an Addictions Counselor
2.Open Competitive: current registration as a CASAC-Advanced Counselor or CASAC Master Counselor in New York State and two years of post-registration addictions counseling experience in a certified or licensed program. One year of this experience must have included clinical supervision.

Applicants must possess current registration as a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) Advanced Counselor or CASAC-Master Counselor in New York State.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

NY HELPS

Minimum qualifications:

Registration as a CASAC-Advanced Counselor or CASAC Master Counselor in New York State and two years of post-registration addictions counseling experience in a certified or licensed program. One year of this experience must have included clinical supervision.

NOTE:

Candidates must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Failure to maintain licensure, certification and Medicaid/Medicare eligibility will result in the termination of employment.

Mandatory overtime (MOT) is a requirement of this position. Chosen candidate(s) will be added to the mandatory overtime roster, which is utilized on a rotating basis. The MOT is applied during times of emergency, after the agency has made a good faith effort to have overtime covered and all other staffing options have been exhausted (volunteers, hourly staff, contracted staff). Our Addiction Treatment Centers…