Substance Use Disorder Counselor
Company: Discovery Behavioral Health
Location: Galena Park
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Job Description
The Counselor III provides Substance Use Disorder Counseling and
Substance Use Disorder Education for Intensive Outpatient patients
and their families; provides case management services;
communicating and working with all clinical staff, utilization
management, and referral sourcesResponsibilities
- Facilitates treatment from the time of admission through
discharge to include group counseling, individual counseling,
family counseling, and treatment planning. -
- Documentation of all services provided within given
timeframes.
- Facilitates educational groups as assigned. -
- Participates in crisis management and interventions as
needed.
- Develops and implements complex treatment and discharge plans
for clients with substance use disorder; and conducts intensive or
comprehensive interventions as necessary.
- Serves as a professional and provides clinical guidance to
other counselors as needed. Audits client records prepared by
others to ensure compliance with required documentation and service
delivery. Provides assessments and guidance as necessary to resolve
complex case problems. -Demonstrates and/or instructs on
appropriate procedures, modalities and techniques.
- Develops and presents introductory and continuing education
programs on subjects related to assigned specialty for other
counselors or technicians. -
- Collaborates with supervisor or other psychiatric, social work,
or medical professionals on specific case-related issues to
maintain continuity of care, and to aid in achieving therapeutic
and restorative goals for clients.
- Creates positive working relationships with local social
service agencies, EAP, referral sources and community
organizations. -Researches and evaluates services provided by each
to utilize them as sources in client referrals
- Serves on a variety of department or site committees necessary
to plan and evaluate treatment programs and client services and to
continuously improve treatment protocols, procedures, and
results.
- Performs staff on duty responsibilities, ensuring effective
operation of therapeutic treatment milieu within the treatment
community. -Initiates crises management and conflict resolution
interventions; completes incident reports; and collaborates with
departmental staff of clients' disruptive behaviors, or potential
threats to safety of others or themselves.This is a -Full-Time
-position. -To learn more about our programs, please visit
-parcbh.com.
Qualifications
- Associates degree in a human service-related discipline and a
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with a minimum of 5 years'
experience, or
- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with a minimum of 15
years of experience. -
Additional Information
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free
workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. -All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin.For more information about our company benefits, please
visit us at discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/PandoLogic.
Keywords: Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Location: Galena Park,
TX - 77547 , PL: 531111277
Keywords: Discovery Behavioral Health, Houston , Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Other , Galena Park, Texas
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