Counselor II

Summary

General

Summary:

Supervises students, interns, and counseling staff seeking licensure. Provides counseling services requiring specific competencies and/or credentials for reimbursement authorization. Implements assessments, treatment plans, and discharge plans on all clients assigned to their caseload. Actively communicates with referral sources to secure ongoing services for clients preparing to discharge from current levels of care.

• 1.
  * Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• 2.
  * Participates in quality assurance activities and file audits to ensure compliance with standards (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid, paperwork standards, etc.).
• 3.
  * Acts as a mentor to new staff and non-clinical staff members (including nurses, technicians, and administrators) by providing education, feedback, and direction.
• 4.
  * Participates in Independence Center teams and committees (e.g. Forms Committee, SDAC, Practice Committee).
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  * Assumes client caseload representative of complexity and area of designated expertise.
• 6.
  * Exhibits skills in all levels of the continuum of substance abuse treatment, i.e., inpatient care, residential care, intensive outpatient, continuing care, individual sessions and willingness to accept a varied client caseload.
• 7.
  * Clinically supervises practicum students, interns and counseling staff seeking credentialing as assigned.
• 8.
  * Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or families and significant other who are experiencing a variety of complex substance abuse problems.
• 9.
  * Utilizes skills in individual, family and group settings as they apply to primary substance abuse issues.
• 10.
  * Conducts chemical dependency assessments and evaluations to include a complete psychosocial assessment.
• 11.
  * Ensures completeness and timeliness in clinical record keeping to include orientation, assessments, progress notes, treatment plan update/staffing reviews and discharge plans.
• 12. Provides educational lectures to both clients and their families in areas specific to substance abuse.
• 13. Presents clinical cases to multidisciplinary team in order to develop and prioritize client's needs, update treatment plans, and plan for appropriate discharge.
• 14. Maintains active and consistent communication with current and potential referral sources in the community to ensure continuity of care for substance abusing clients.
• 15. Clinically communicates with third party payers in order to ensure continued stays for efforts at the appropriate levels of care.
• 16. Provides counseling services requiring specific competencies and/or credentials for reimbursement authorizations as directed by IC Clinical Manager.
• 17. Provides oversight of client care and clinically supports other staff members in the absence of Independence Center Clinical Manager.
• 18. Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• 19. Participates in meetings, committees and department projects as assigned.
• 20. Performs other related projects and duties as assigned.

(Essential Job functions are marked with an asterisk “*”. Refer to the Job Description Guide for the definition of essential and non-essential job functions.) Attach Addendum for positions with slightly different roles or work-specific differences as needed.

• 1. Knowledge of ethical and confidentiality laws as they apply to the field of substance abuse.
• 2. Knowledge of the disease process and client care in the field of alcoholism/chemical dependency.
• 3. Knowledge of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and other 12 Step recovery programs.
• 4. Knowledge of the 12 Core Functions of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor as established by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (ICRC).
• 5. Knowledge of substance abuse treatment services and techniques.
• 6. Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and software applications relevant to work functions.
• 7. Ability to exhibit skills in all levels of the continuum of substance abuse treatment, i.e.…