What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transitional Living Counselor position at Samaritan Recovery Community Inc?
Are you someone who wants to make a difference in the battle against alcohol and drug addiction? We are looking for committed individuals to join our team in our daily fight, teaching people to save their own lives. Help us inspire change today.
We are looking for team members who share our passion and belief that recovery is possible.
We passionately help the indigent population attain and sustain recovery.
The schedule is typically Monday thru Thursday 11:30a-8p and Friday 8a-4:30 (subject to change as necessary).
Qualifications: Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related field and one year experience and/or training in issues specific to treatment of adults with addiction or co-occurring disorders; Licensure or eligibility for State of Tennessee Licensure as a Substance Abuse Counselor OR three years equivalent education and experience as a Substance Abuse Counselor.
Job Summary: Provide individual and group counseling and related casework duties to chemically dependent and/or adults with co-occurring disorders; provides other treatment and recovery support services; participates as member of clinical staff in developing, implementing, and evaluating program services; performs other related duties as required.
Duties:
· Provide individual and group counseling to caseload of chemically dependent and/or adults with co-occurring disorders.
· Provide related program components including lectures, focused group sessions, and other treatment/recovery support services as scheduled.
· Complete clinical assessments, initial, master, and updated treatment plans, discharge and aftercare plans, discharge summaries, and all other related chart documentation within time frames required by agency standards.
· Maintain progress notes and all chart documentation in a manner that is behavioral and concise, and relates to individual client needs and treatment plans.
· Ensure that all attendant paperwork and/or electronic record entries associated with treatment activities (Treatment Plans, Progress Notes, ASAM Reviews, etc.) are completed within established time frames and in accordance with agency standards.
· Provide client referrals for vocational, employment, and other support/resource services as needed to achieve individual treatment plan goals.
Other duties as assigned.
