Substance Use Disorder Professional - Trainee (SUDPT

Position: Substance Use Disorder Professional - Trainee (SUDPT)
## Substance Use Disorder Professional
- Trainee (SUDPT)
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JR102296

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services.

Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Position Summary The Substance Use Disorder Trainee is a person who is in training to become a Substance Use Disorder Professional. During their internship they will work directly under the clinical supervision of a SUDP. This person will learn all of the duties and responsibilities of a SUDP. These duties include how to: be a liaison between the public and the facility, organize and provide direct counseling services to patients, provide a one-to-one or group counseling, assessment, evaluation and intakes.

These services are given to adults, youth, and their families. These clients have a primary diagnosis of chemical dependency and may also have emerging mental health problems. Applicants are expected to subscribe to the disease concept of chemical dependency with the belief that total abstinence is required for ongoing recovery from alcoholism and other drug addiction. This job description does not suggest or imply that these are the only duties to be performed/learned by this employee.

This person will be required to follow other instructions and to perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES to be learned while performing the duties of a Substance Use Disorder Trainee. Other duties may be assigned.  Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.  Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.  Be able to identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.  

Provide screening, evaluation and referrals of individuals to other treatment/service programs that are available in the community.  Provide individual and group counseling for persons in the process of discovering and dealing with drug related problems and emerging mental health issues.  Serves as the co-case manager for a group of up to ten youth.  Implement problem oriented records system, Federal/State/County reports, patient surveys, and submits on a monthly basis to Supervisor.  

Maintain professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of Sea Mar, and of the federal, state, and local regulations. Has a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC and RCW's.  Maintains accurate documentation on his/her direct services hours and education, to be submitted to the Department of Health, to become a Substance Use Disorder Professional.  Design, implement and evaluate individualized treatment plans based on ASAM criteria.  

Coordinate and cooperate with staff or other agencies and organizations in order to expedite treatment for each patient and for their continuum of care.  Complete on time all of the required Federal, State, County, and local forms for each patient (BECCA, CDDA).  Attends regular staff meetings and in service training for clinical personnel.  Maintains accurate and current records on each patient in accordance to ASAM and according to the facility's procedure for patient records.  

Prepares current patient progress reports and completion notices and provides them to the courts, probation departments, families and referral sources when appropriate.  Performs other related tasks as assigned…