What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Service Clinician Weekends position at Daymark Recovery Services Inc?
Position May Qualify for Hiring Bonus if Licensed (Benefit Eligible Only)
Company Mission/ statement:
Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services.
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health Spending Account
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- 401(k)
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
- Employee Assistant Program
- Referral Bonus Opportunities
- Extensive Internal Training Program
Pay Scale: Starting 55k(Provisional)-60k(Fully Licensed)
Shift: Friday-Monday (10 hour shifts)
Shift: Friday-Monday (10 hour shifts)
Summary:
Under indirect supervision, provides, oversees, and/or administers a wide range of psychosocial evaluation/assessment, diagnostic, counseling therapy, crisis intervention services in a clinical environment which requires a high degree of independent decision-making. Most aspects of this job require clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention skills to Substance Abuse and Co-occurring disorders consumers that are treated with individual, family, and/or group therapy in an inpatient setting. Case management/supportive services for disposition of cases is also a core function of this job.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides clinical psychosocial assessment and Substance Abuse treatment services to consumers with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders/problems. Face to face clinical assessments are scheduled within same day of request of an assessment and provided using necessary clinical skills while meeting all regulatory requirements to ensure reimbursement for services.
- Service delivery may also involve consultation with various community stakeholder agency staff, law enforcement, family members or support network as deemed necessary or clinically appropriate. Provides indirect services with a variety of stakeholders from whom services are received or needed by consumers to insure appropriate coordination for transition of services to or from another provider or agency.
- Provides appropriate recommendations for follow up and linkages to such as needed to consumers who have received services and require follow up to ensure they maintain sobriety/abstinence and are able to access appropriate community services.
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
- Consults with other local providers and referral sources by telephone as needed to insure coordination and transition of services when necessary
Special Attributes: Strong evaluative and clinical assessment skills needed. Must be able to get along well with other professionals to build collaboration in the work environment of multiple providers, community agencies, and a variety of community stakeholders. Must have the ability to gain information, make assessments and build rapport with consumers and families, make sound decisions in emergency situations, and provide evidenced based clinical interventions.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None unless supervising a student and/or training a co-worker.
Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience: Doctorate degree in Psychology, or Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or addictions from an accredited college or university and licensed eligible or provisionally licensed in their perspective field. Applicants with master’s degrees who are provisionally licensed or licensed eligible as clinical social workers, professional counselors, substance abuse counselors, marriage and family therapists, or clinical addiction specialists will be given consideration for employment. LCSW and LCAS staff is expected to complete first evaluation training and provide first evaluations in the community. Psychologist staff is expected to provide first evaluations in the community. Clinical staff with a Bachelor’s degree in a human services with the Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) credential or eligible for such and able to demonstrate experience in substance abuse services will be considered.