What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Abuse Therapist (Residential) position at Riverside Recovery of Tampa?
Riverside Recovery of Tampa is a substance abuse center offering a full continuum of care for men and women suffering from addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders.
At Riverside we act with radical honesty and honor without compromising the truth, we are passionate about what drives us to serve our client, and we acknowledge and assume responsibility for actions, services, decisions and policies. We focus on the long run, not just one stage of our clients recovery, so we provide multiple levels of care to help our clients move through treatment and prepare them for independent life.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete bio-psychosocial assessments with clients
- Critically assess clients to provide the best continuum of care
- Facilitate therapeutic services, education groups, and process groups
- Conduct individual and family therapy sessions
- Timely and accurate completion of documentation
- Communicate progress with appropriate referral resources and monitoring agencies
- Attend treatment team meetings, weekly clinical supervision and client behavioral staffing
- Utilize empirically supported theoretical orientations and client behavioral interventions for creation of individualized treatment plans
- Effectively communicate any concerns and utilize a multidisciplinary team approach to develop strategies and modify behaviors
- Appropriate use of multi-culturally competent strategies and therapeutic approach to all clients in substance use population
- Ability to respond to any Riverside staff, clients or family members with urgency and professionalism
- Must be available to work onsite and be occasionally on-call during nights and/or weekends as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree and/or Licensed/Registered MHC,CSW,MFT in the State of Florida
- Clinical experience in crisis, behavioral, and therapeutic interventions
- One (1) year or more working as a clinician in the addiction and recovery field
- One (1) working with adults with addictive disorders and dual diagnoses
- One (1) experience facilitating therapeutic groups
- Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
Full time Benefits:
- 401-K
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Disability
- Critical Illness
- Hospital Indemnity/Accident plan
- Legal plan
Employer Paid Benefits:
· $10,000 life insurance
· $10,000 Short term Disability
Salary : $55 - $68
