Licensed LCADC/LCSW/LPC

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Responsible for completing a face-to-face initial / ongoing Comprehensive Assessment (CA) with consumers.
• Interview consumers to obtain information concerning their medical history and other pertinent information.
• Assess the counseling needs of the consumers.
• Assess consumers using the ASI or other standardized clinical interview tool and diagnose consumers for substance use disorder using the DSM-5.
• Determine the appropriate level of care according to ASAM Criteria
• Obtain previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode unless clinically contraindicated, and collaborate with the consumer to develop a written treatment plan that includes goals and measurable objectives, and is consumer-centered, and recovery-oriented.
• Provide the substance abuse counseling services specified in the consumer treatment plan.
• Review consumers throughout the treatment episode according to the ASAM Criteria, to determine the need for continued services, transfer, or discharge / transfer.
• Review and, where necessary, revise the consumer’s treatment plan to address ongoing problems.
• Develop a consumer discharge / transfer plan to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care.
• Participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned consumers.
• Provide active case consultation.
• Document all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals, and follow-ups in the consumer's clinical record, and provide appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records.
• Retains the responsibility of meeting face-to-face with the staff to review the assessment and treatment plan of the consumer for the development of an action plan to meet the consumer’s needs.
• Progress notes are due daily.
• Report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Minimum Qualifications :

Required Training and / or Certifications.

Salary : $35 - $45