Do you want a career that makes a difference? As the YWCA North Central Indiana’s
Dual Treatment Counselor, you can help change the world for women and children in
our community who are striving for better lives. YWCANCIN is the leading emergency shelter
provider and services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Our programs help victims
survive abuse and build safer, happier healthier futures. We would love for you to be a part of our
incredible team that makes a difference in thousands of people's lives each year.

Full Time, 40 hrs/wk, Monday-Friday, 3 evenings per week required

General Description

Maintains a full participant caseload in residential treatment setting; assumes responsibility as the primary counselor, making independent decisions regarding all non-medical aspects of the care of participants dually enrolled in substance use treatment and domestic violence to affect optimum treatment and follow-up programming; ensures basic needs are met before discharge.

Reporting Relationship

The Dual Treatment Counselor reports to the Director of Clinical Services

Supervises

The Dual Treatment Counselor has no supervisory responsibilities

Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Assists in evaluating and assessing clients for admission to the program or in making necessary referrals; orients new clients to the program
• Conducts individual counseling sessions with clients as needed to develop service plan, address treatment issues and develop discharge planning
• Facilitates daily group therapy sessions to assist clients toward acceptance of their addiction and to identify what needs to change to maintain a chemically free life
• Prepares and maintains client case records including appropriate documentation of evaluations, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, discharge plans, discharge summaries and effective follow-up care in accordance with program policies and procedures and all appropriate regulations
• Prepares and delivers daily educational lectures on the physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of chemical dependency, abuse, and the intersect of the two issues
• Encourages client and family involvement as appropriate; conducts family counseling sessions as appropriate; when authorized to do so, includes client’s family and employer in service planning, discharge planning and follow-up
• Participates in multi-disciplinary team staffings, team meetings, case consulting, community activities and organizations; prepares and delivers appropriate lectures to the public as requested by the agency
• Participates in planning and evaluation session for continued growth of the program; works as part of a team in assuring quality delivery of services
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

Master’s degree in counseling, social work or related field; LMHC, LCSW, LMFT or working toward licensure ; at least two years related experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience; requires certification of completion of CPR training course, updated yearly.

Knowledge and Ability

Requires an in-depth knowledge of the disease concept of substance use; the dynamics of domestic violence; individual, group and family system counseling skills and an understanding of the treatment and recovery process of the AA/NA program; requires demonstrated ability to make independent decisions regarding client admission, course of treatment and discharge planning and recommendations; required demonstrated interpersonal skills to communicate in a responsible, empathetic and effective manner with participants and to work effectively with a multidisciplinary framework; personal experience with the disease of substance use is helpful, either as a member of family recovering from the illness or as a substance use person; individuals with a history of substance use must have a two-year period of chemically free living and are required to maintain continued sobriety during the term of employment.
Job Benefits:

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays

12 Vacation Paid Time Off Days

12 Sick Paid Time Off Days

1 Personal & 1 Floating Holiday Paid Time Off Day
From: YWCA North Central Indiana