Registered Addiction Counselor (Galt)

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POSITION SUMMARY :

Provide support to the community by delivering face-to-face and comprehensive coaching for individuals in the Substance Abuse Program. Provide social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, and housing rehabilitative programming services.

Job Type : Full Time

Pay : Starting $26 / hr.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate and co-facilitate group counseling and educational sessions.
• Provide appropriate referrals and act as a client advocate.
• Provide crisis intervention and emotional support to clients.
• Perform individual and group treatment in accordance with best practices.
• Provide medication monitoring and drug testing.
• Participate in weekly case and chart reviews.
• Work in close collaboration with other Counselors, Support Staff, Leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Develop an individualized treatment plan, representing a comprehensive continuum of care and addressing follow-up service needs to prevent relapse for each participant on their caseload.
• Maintain individual participant treatment files in accordance with agency policies and procedures, including treatment plan implementation and documentation of substance abuse counseling and activities.
• Deliver individual and group substance abuse counseling and educational services, along with gender-specific and trauma-informed services.
• Facilitate a culturally competent environment with therapeutic activities that promote cultural awareness, sensitivity, and support.
• Provide counseling to strengthen positive relationships and support systems with peers and family.
• Maintain safety and security of the facility.
• Uphold and enforce G.L.O.M. Substance Abuse Programs standards, policies and procedures, client rights, and professional code of ethics and conduct.

QUALIFICATIONS

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

BENEFITS

GLOM is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, genetics, protected veteran, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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