Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Manager -Contract- Augusta YDC - Augusta, GA (CCR)

Administrative & Operations Support

The RSAT Director will be an Administrator that oversees RSAT counseling staff and programs. Responsibilities include conducting RSAT orientation and ensuring that each resident has a signed Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information so RSAT staff can communicate with parents / legal guardians. In addition, responsibilities also include participating in Treatment Team, YCRT meetings, participating in PBIS meetings and events, and prepares and participates in annual Seven Challenges Fidelity visits and quarterly support calls.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities :

• Administratively and clinically manages RSAT counseling staff and program
• Serves as a Seven Challenges Onsite Leader to ensure program fidelity and trains new staff in the model to sustain the program
• Participates in the facility's management team meetings as deemed necessary by the Facility Director
• Completes GAIN A assessments on new residents within 10 days of admission into program
• Provides family counseling once per month with each resident and documents service
• Provides group and individual counseling as needed when the RSAT Counselor position is vacant or unavailable
• Completes all required documentation per DJJ OBHS SUTS Policies 12.20, 12.25 and DJJ Policy 5.8
• Attends required Seven Challenges trainings and a once per year Support and Fidelity Visit
• Completes drug screening of residents at a frequency of 9 per month and complete drug screenings of new residents within 7 days of entering program
• Completes monthly RSAT Report of residents entering and leaving the RSAT program. This report should be submitted to Substance Use Treatment Administrator for review by the 5th of the following month
• Oversees and plans graduation ceremony for RSAT program
• Completes chart reviews once per week to ensure compliance of files
• Completes aftercare follow-up on all residents who has successfully completed the program. The follow-up shall be done monthly for a period of 6 months with the first two follow-up contacts being completed in the first 2 months after release from a YDC
• Updates and sends out weekly roster of housing unit to Mental Health, JDC, Assistant Director, intake officer, and IPD
• Monitors RSAT Treatment Plans and Treatment Plan Reviews
• Participates in Behavioral Health Treatment Team meetings
• Sends out weekly review list for Treatment Team meeting to RSAT Counselors, Mental Health, JPPS, and Dorm Counselors at the end of the week for the following week
• Orders office and / or RSAT supplies as needed
• Mails completed journals and certificates to resident's home or JPPS as youth leave the program or destroys journals at the youth's request
• Completes certificates after a completion of each journal by a resident

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

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