What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUD COUNSELOR I position at Vista Hill Foundation?
PROGRAM
Bridges Behavioral Health Link (BHL) in Pt. Loma provides onsite mental health and substance use disorder services to people experiencing homelessness. In collaboration with the City and County of San Diego and other community partners, BHL staff work in a temporary housing facility to assess and provide services to help stabilize residents and help them transition to a more secure situation. This is a full-time position in the Midway District of San Diego, 11 : 30 - 8pm, Monday - Friday. This position is in a homeless shelter.
POSITION
The Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselor provides high quality alcohol and drug intakes, case management, counseling and outreach to individuals, groups and families. Provides direct counseling, educational services to clients with chemical dependency and dual diagnosis problems based upon individual client needs and program design. Duties include :
- Create and maintain all client documentation within required timelines. This includes intakes, assessments, all related forms and statistics, treatment plans, all counseling and case management services up to and including program discharge.
- Develop Individual treatment plans and monitor program progress and compliance.
- Meets with all clients on a bi-weekly basis or more frequently if needed.
- Provides direct alcohol and drug counseling, education services to clients with substance use disorders and dual diagnosis problems based upon clinical client needs and program design.
- Facilitates alcohol and drug groups as assigned by supervisor, including development of curricula psycho-educational and process-oriented approaches.
- Provides individual, couple, and / or family counseling to assigned clients as needed on treatment plan.
- Administer urinalysis testing on clients.
- Maintain accurate records in compliance with Title 22 and drug medical.
- Complete and submit all county and program required reports in timely manner.
- Provides ongoing client meetings and follow-up through to program completion, including one on one meetings, phone calls and home visits (when deemed necessary by Program Manager).
- Attend Quality Assurance Review (QAR) and participate in case file reviews. Establishes weekly case presentations for review at staff meetings. This process includes all new admissions, discharge, and referrals within the past week. Prepares client charts for QAR, utilization review and Clinical meetings in an accurate and timely manner.
- Works to ensure the client has seamless and smooth transition through the treatment modalities.
REQUIREMENTS
HOURS
11 : 30-8pm, Monday - Friday
Registered $21.50 per hour
Certified $24.50 per hour
These are starting rates and may be adjusted up based on education and experience.
Current Vista Hill employees in these job titles for 2024 are paid :
21.50 - $27 for Registered; and
24.50 - $29.50 for Certified
BENEFITS
Employees working over 30 hours a week receive employer-paid benefits, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off (vacation and sick leave), paid holidays, employer-paid retirement contribution and clinical supervision (if applicable). Some programs qualify for student loan forgiveness programs.
Employees who work less than 30 hours a week do not qualify for healthcare benefits.
ABOUT US
Vista Hill is all about serving people. As a dynamic community-based organization, we develop and maintain a diverse array of quality services and programs throughout San Diego County. Our programs range from brief early intervention and preventive work with youth experiencing challenges, to treatment with school age kids, to long-term special education and training for individuals with developmental disabilities. We can be found assisting families in very difficult situations in many of our communities large and small, rural and suburban. You will see our caring staff working with challenging populations that most other agencies shy away from in areas that are conveniently located to the people we serve.
At Vista Hill we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Vista Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $25 - $30
