Addictions Counselor I​/Ii **Mcr

ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR I/II
** MCR** – Momentum for Health

Shift
:
Monday – Friday 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm. CCAPP certified only. CADC I, CADC II, CADC III.

Pay
:
Union position. Step 1 rate $33.56 /hr (Addictions Counselor I) or $37.45 /hr (Addictions Counselor II). Step 6 rate $37.05 /hr or $41.34 /hr. Shift differential: 6.25 % overnight, 4.75 % evening, 4.75 % weekend.

Benefits
:
Defined contribution $15,433.08 / yr (prorated for part‑time). Retirement plan with 4 % match after one year. Vacation up to 25 days, 6 days sick, 12 paid holidays. Medical (Kaiser), Dental (Guardian), Vision (Guardian VSP).

• Provide substance use counseling and case management for a varying caseload, including family involvement. Duties may include:
  • Facilitate one‑on‑one sessions and groups through substance use and mental health counseling processes that help develop relapse prevention, coping, independent living, harm reduction, and curriculum.
  • Work with clients’ families and educate them on substance use and mental health rehabilitation processes and related issues to enable successful recovery transitions and development of healthy support systems.
  • In outpatient programs, engage clients for evaluation to engender trust by performing visits to private homes, locked hospital or jail facilities, community shelters, and medical facilities.
  • Help prepare and assist clients and their families with client social integration into community life, housing, school, employment, and other life‑sustaining, recovery and independent living skills.
  • Provide linkage assistance to clients in obtaining a primary care physician, coordinating care with medical doctors, and assisting with medical issues, schedules, appointments, and transportation.
  • Coordinate care with internal/outside mental health professionals and programs.
  • Assist in budgeting and financial planning; address health and safety issues and how to respond to common emergencies and relapse triggers.
  • Facilitate client insurance benefits to expedite treatment and ensure timely payment to representative payees.
  • Provide service to clients and clients’ families in linkage with professional and community resources.
  • Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict, relapse and crisis intervention.
• Complete the substance use, clinical records and other documentation, processes, and procedures that enable clients to receive these services in accordance with Agency, payor and regulatory requirements, utilizing paper or computer technology.
• Develop and implement individual service and treatment plans.
• Perform clinical and administrative admissions and discharge paperwork and procedures.
• Assess clients for admission, benefit status, and clinical appropriateness for admittance; coordinate admittance details; communicate with referral sources to complete admittance papers; complete all required agency, County and regulatory forms for client admission.
• Enter and maintain up‑to‑date clinical documentation for each client file, including case notes for each client per Agency standards.
• Track due dates for all paperwork to ensure quality standards are met and accurate and timely billings can be issued.
• Perform general office work, including electronic and telephonic communications and processing of timecards.
• Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings and training.
• Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles, including, but not limited to, the transport of clients and/or program supplies, for agency business.

• Provide appropriate consultation and backup to support other staff in responding to client crises.
• May provide on‑call floor coverage, as needed.
• Provide on‑call coverage for non‑standard work hours, as needed.
• Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in an unobtrusive manner.
• Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure work area is clean and well kept.

• Education and Experience:
• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education plus three years’…