Drug Addiction Counselor

Company :  Prevention and Resiliency Services, Inc ["PARS"]

Job Title :  Drug Addiction Counselor

Job Classification :   Full-Time, Exempt

Pay Range :   $55,000-$61,000 a year, based on experience

Supervisor :  Executive Director, PARS

Location :   Topeka, KS

JOB SUMMARY

As an Addictions Counselor at PARS, you play a crucial role in our team, contributing significantly to the well-being of the community we serve. Your responsibilities go beyond clinical services – they're about creating connections, fostering partnerships, and ensuring that our clients receive the support they need. They include performing substance abuse evaluations for youth and adults (program offerings subject to change) and and subsequent follow up as determined by the evaluation in regard to referrals. They may also facilitate presentations and trainings. Using the Communities That Care (CTC), and / or Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) model, local, state and national data, they effectively provide accurate information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) issues and other behavioral health issues that affect the PARS service area.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Clinical Services

• Provides substance abuse evaluations for youth and adults referred to PARS, including DUI evaluations and makes appropriate outgoing referral to community partners and submits reports to referral sources in a timely manner.
• Provides SUD evaluations for Shawnee County Drug Court; responsible for communicating evaluation schedule to drug court.
• Responsible for monthly billing to drug court coordinator, billing for private pay clients in accordance with agency policies and practices.
• Maintains client files per state statutes and follows HIPPA guidelines, adhering to stipulations provided by KDADS and PARS personnel manual.
• Coordinates agency efforts to ensure all state statutes are met per licensing requirements for yearly (2 year) license audit requirements. This includes but is not limited to coordinating visits from the Fire Marshal and QI / RM reports. Works with appropriate staff to assure compliance measures and documentation is completed and available. Provides coordination with state auditors and documentation as needed for those audits, as directed per Executive Director and agency policies.
• Ensures all clients are screened appropriately and referred to appropriate placement via any crisis intervention.
• Maintains current licensure, adhering to the Behavioral Services Regulatory Board (BSRB) and an additional three hours per licensure period of adolescent specific continuing education per PARS personnel manual.
• Seek professional growth opportunities through addiction and prevention related training, credentialing, professional reading, etc.
• Ensures that PARS clinical staff have appropriate and current licensure along with maintaining continuing education requirements.
• Supervises interns or other staff related to client services including evaluation and case management services. Professional leadership is expected through appropriate motivation, direction, review and feedback on assignments.
• Schedules timely evaluation appointments to meet clients' needs whenever possible.
• Adheres to confidentiality requirements for client records and information, and to ethical standards of conduct as stipulated by the Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services and the PARS personnel manual.

Reporting

Education

Promotion

QUALIFICATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

WORK ENVIRONMENT

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

The scope of your role may evolve, and that's part of the dynamic nature of our work. You embrace additional duties with adaptability, understanding that our collective goal is to make a meaningful difference in the community.

In summary, your role as an Addictions Counselor is not just a job – it's a collaborative effort within our team, working towards the betterment of the community we serve. Your dedication, skills, and team spirit make you an integral part of PARS.