Substance Addiction Counselor - CAC, CAADC, CADC

Overview

Join the Vital Core Health Strategies Team! We’re people who are fueled by passion, not by profit. Vital Core Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a Full-Time Substance Addiction Counselor at MCI-Framingham in Framingham, MA and MCI-Norfolk in Norfolk, MA. This position requires travel between Framingham, MA and Norfolk, MA.

• Provide crisis stabilization, conduct intakes and ongoing evaluations for patients in a multidisciplinary Behavioral Health Unit.
• Deliver substance use treatment and collaborate with medical, psychiatric and other professionals.
• Develop treatment and discharge plans with Qualified Behavioral Health Professionals.
• Perform individual and group therapeutic interventions; administer and interpret pre/post-tests and surveys as indicated.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure timely documentation of records and reports.
• Educate individuals on effects of substance use on health and life.
• Participate in monthly behavioral health calls and coordinate with medical team to determine overall treatment.
• Coordinate discharge planning and aftercare in collaboration with community providers.
• Utilize clinical skills (e.g., CBT, Motivational Interviewing) and provide crisis management as needed.

• Graduation from a Bachelor s level program or higher.
• Minimum of 2 years employment in a clinician/counselor/social work capacity in a public or private agency or equivalent preferred.
• Must have a substance use certification (e.g., CAC, CADC, CAADC, LADC).
• Must receive a satisfactory background investigation report.

The Substance Addiction Counselor will work as part of a multidisciplinary team on the Behavioral Health Unit to provide a proactive and collaborative approach in serving justice-involved individuals with varying levels of substance use/abuse issues. The counselor will collaborate with all disciplines to attain effectiveness in serving the patient population.

• Provide crisis stabilization, intakes, ongoing evaluations, and consultation to in-house and community services.
• Assess level of functioning, strengths and weaknesses related to primary substance use diagnosis.
• Orient individuals to treatment process and program goals.
• Deliver and reinforce evidence-based treatments/curricula.
• Develop treatment and discharge plans with Behavioral Health Professionals.
• Perform individual and group therapies as appropriate; administer assessments as indicated.
• Maintain confidentiality and timely documentation.
• Educate individuals on effects of substances and provide appropriate documentation and reporting.
• Participate in team communications to determine overall treatment and discharge planning.
• Assist in planning and implementing program goals and documentation.
• Utilize crisis management and evidence-based practices (e.g., CBT, Motivational Interviewing).
• Provide excellent and timely documentation; ability to make independent clinical decisions with supervisory support as needed.

Vital Core Health Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace where all employees can participate and contribute. This description includes EEO statements as required by law.

• Holiday Pay (New Year’s Day, MLK Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day).
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Identity Theft Protection
• Animal/Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center
• 401K
• PTO
• Annual Incentive Bonus

LPC, LSW, Correctional Facility, Behavioral Health, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, LCSW, LCPC, LMSW, LPC, substance use disorder, SUD, mental health

Full-Time

Day Shift

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