What are the responsibilities and job description for the CASAC Counselor position at HumanEdge?
Our client, a nonprofit, provides a spectrum of treatments for opioids and other substance abuse disorders and is seeking a Counselor (CASAC).
Job Summary:
Major Duties:
Requirements:
Qualification – Educational and Professional Experience
Our client offers excellent benefits including:
Job Summary:
- Provides trauma informed, strengths based, recovery oriented treatment and counseling services to promote rehabilitation and client-centered interventions.
- Demonstrates professional competency by successfully engaging and treating clients to meet treatment goals.
Major Duties:
- Counsels clients, writes treatment plans, assesses client progress, and recommends needed services such as HIV and vocational counseling referrals, parenting classes, and others to meet clients’ needs
- Provides individual counseling and treatment/recovery plan preparation, monitoring, and reviewing.
- Facilitates activities of daily living, community meetings, engagement, and carry out of treatment planning in milieu.
- Provides therapeutic interactions to foster residents’ social, cognitive and behavioral skill development.
- Teaches clients how to manage stress and circumstances affecting their lives.
- Case Management of legal reports, court letters, EAP, and/or educational assistance.
- Collaborate with Vocational staff to integrate vocational rehabilitation into the overall treatment process.
- Recommend clients for consultations as appropriate (i.e. psychological or psychiatric).
- Participates in assessing clients in weekly staff meetings and in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
- Participates in providing education and support to clients receiving medications for substance use disorder, mental health and co-occurring medical conditions.
- Assists other clinical staff by providing information necessary to assess clients and collaborate on treatment planning.
- Obtains, monitors and integrates into treatment planning all toxicology data as directed by the supervisor.
- Completes in-service and other training.
- Participates in all meetings as directed by supervisor.
- Fills in for other Counselors who may be on leave as needed.
- In Residential programs, conducts room inspections to assure cleanliness and adherence to program rules and regulations.
- Performs other duties as requested or assigned.
Requirements:
Qualification – Educational and Professional Experience
- CASAC, plus 3 years of directly related experience with the substance use disorder population.
- Knowledge of substance abuse treatment including detoxification and withdrawal symptoms.
- Must be multi-culturally sensitive to the needs of clients in treatment.
- Proficient with Windows, Microsoft Word, and Uni/Care. Familiarity with the TC process.
Our client offers excellent benefits including:
- Generous time off that includes 4 weeks of vacation
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Discounted Commuter benefits
- Life insurance & Long term disability
- Eligible for Federal Student Loan Repayment Program
- Training and other additional voluntary benefits