Juvenile Substance Abuse Counselor

This is an intermittent position.  Working a maximum of three hours per week.  

The pay is $100 per 90 minute session, per week.

Highfields Juvenile Residential Program provides treatment to adjudicated male youth ages 11-17.

The substance abuse counselor will provide substance abuse treatment for identified youth in a manner that achieves the following program goals:

• Increase knowledge to youth, who use substances and the effects on their body and brain.
• Increase student learning in non-academic areas (social-emotional learning, life skill development and positive leisure activities) in effort to decrease usage of substances.
• Increase youth positive behavior and coping skills.
• Increase youth knowledge on risk reduction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in counseling, social work, human services
• Master's degree in counseling, social work, human services or similiar OR a CAADC in the state of Michigan

To accomplish the program goals, the substance abuse counselor agrees to provide the following services:

• Weekly 90 minute substance use treatment groups 
• Administering substance abuse treatment using documented evidence based models and/or intervention strategies.
• Complete and submit weekly written notes for each participating youth indicating their participation and progress.