Master's Level Counselor

Job Summary:

Annual Salary Range: $80,000 - $112,000 per year

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Performs integrated behavioral health and substance use assessments and diagnosis per DSM-V diagnostic criteria; and makes behavioral health treatment recommendations using ASAM patient placement criteria.

• Develops individualized treatment plans, updates and discharge plans consistent with specific problems identified in the assessment.

• Provides appropriate treatment plan reviews, arranges for transitions to least restrictive services, and coordinates referrals as necessary.

• Maintains clinical documentation in the agency's electronic health record that meets agency policies and procedures, accreditation requirements, and professional/ethical regulations. Meets all Medicaid documentation and reporting guidelines.

• Ensures that all services and referrals provided are consistent with assessment and treatment plan goals.

• Seek out daily and weekly support, guidance and clinical supervision, ensuring adherence to all professional ethics and documentation standards are implemented.

• Facilitates individual, group and family counseling services, crisis intervention, case management, care coordination and referrals.

• Obtain continuous professional development to maintain credentials and assure that effective treatment services are implemented.

• Provides psycho-educational groups to clients regarding substance abuse, general mental health issues, and general living skills as needed.

• Attends clinical supervision, weekly staff meetings, and care coordination meetings.

• May participate in community task forces, inter-agency collaboration and events on behalf of GHS.

• Cooperatively works with external and internal partners on behalf of clients.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent clinical skill set; professional and healthy boundaries, therapeutic use of self, genuineness, positive regard and empathy for those recovering from addiction;

• Understanding of addiction recovery process and theoretical anchoring in best practice models;

• Ability to demonstrate good organizational, time management, and problem solving skills;

• Ability to provide efficient, effective, and consumer-oriented substance abuse treatment services;

• Professional written and oral communication skills, including public speaking skills; and timely completion of documentation requirements;

• Ability to produce professional, comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, and other clinical documentation, in a timely manner;

• Knowledge of, and ability to utilize, DSM-V-TR diagnostic criteria with regard to substance abuse and mental health issues;

• Knowledge of and ability to utilize, ASAM patient placement criteria, and ability to apply such knowledge to consumer placement and referrals to appropriate levels of care;

• Ability to execute a continuum of services from intake through discharge;

• Thorough knowledge of computer applications in word processing programs, and ability to learn to use an electronic health record system;

• Thorough knowledge of all substance abuse regulatory requirements, including 42-CFR Part 2 and HIPAA.

Education and Experience:

• Must be currently licensed as a License Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

• Requires background check and pre-employment drug screening. Must be able to be insurable by GHS auto insurance.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

• Must pass the DOC and DOH background checks.

• Must pass drug test upon hire.

GHS offers extremely competitive wages and benefits, including:

• Your employment with Gastineau Human Services Corporation is at will. This means your employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by you or Gastineau Human Services Corporation with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this policy or any other policy of Gastineau Human Services Corporation should be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way the at-will employment status of Gastineau Human Services Corporation employees.

• The at-will employment status of an employee of Gastineau Human Services Corporation may be modified only in a written employment agreement with that employee which is signed by the Executive Director, or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, of Gastineau Human Services Corporation.

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