Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist - SCI Laurel Highlands

THE POSITION

Join the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Laurel Highlands as a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1 and change lives through recovery. This position gives you the opportunity to support treatment programs that encourage responsibility and growth. You will contribute to a team dedicated to helping individuals develop stronger recovery skills. Take the next step in your career by helping inmates reach new goals!

This position focuses on providing beginning-level professional counseling and support for inmates working through substance-related challenges. You will assist with treatment planning, group facilitation, assessments, and record maintenance. As a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Treatment Support:
  Assist in developing individualized plans and providing supervised counseling sessions
• Group Facilitation:
  Lead therapeutic groups and community meetings according to assigned guidelines
• Record Keeping:
  Maintain accurate treatment records and summaries in compliance with policies and regulations
• Assessment Assistance:
  Conduct assessments with supervisory guidance to help determine needed services
  
  Team Participation:
  Join interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss inmate progress and needs
• Training Attendance:
  Complete required training to strengthen counseling and safety skills

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $56,541.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of para-professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting; and certification by the PA Chemical Abuse Certification Board as a "Certified Addictions Counselor"; or
• One year of experience as a Corrections Counselor or Social Worker; or
• One year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a bachelor's degree that includes 18 college credits in the behavioral sciences; or
• A master's degree with major course work in addictions science, psychology or social work; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 18 college credits in the behavioral sciences.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
• 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

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