Substance Abuse Counselor II DL - Honolulu Oahu

Recruitment Number 25043TY Substance Abuse Counselor II (DL) SR18 Honolulu Oahu.

Note: These positions require a current and valid drivers license to operate a motor vehicle.

Provides professional substance abuse counseling education and rehabilitative services to offenders that range from those with minimal problems to those with substance abuse problems and other coexisting conditions; participates in a multidisciplinary assessment in the development implementation and modification of individualized treatment plans; assists in and/or conducts educational classes; and performs other duties as required.

Education Requirement: Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in psychology sociology social work criminal justice administration substance abuse counseling educational counseling or a related field of counseling or mental health.

Excess responsible work experience of the type and quality as described below in the Specialized Experience may be substituted for the Bachelors degree on a yearforyear basis.

Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible professional substance abuse counseling experience providing direct alcohol and drug treatment services to individuals and/or families in a treatment program or drug court setting. Such work experience should have demonstrated the application of the Twelve 12 Core Functions; substance abuse specific education; and education on professional ethics federal regulations confidentiality of records HIV and AIDS issues tailored to the substance abuse counseling profession.

General Experience Requirement: Onehalf 1/2 year of progressively responsible professional work experience providing counseling to individuals and/or their families which demonstrated the application of behavioral and social sciences. Examples of qualifying experience are the performance of duties such as juvenile or family counseling educational counseling and/or guidance vocational rehabilitation psychological counseling probation or parole services counseling.

Substitution Allowed: Partial completion of a Masters degree (minimum of 30 semester credit hours) in substance abuse counseling social work sociology psychology counseling psychology educational psychology other counseling or a mental health field counseling or criminal justice administration from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the onehalf 1/2 year of General Experience.

Selective Certification Requirement Drivers License: Applicants must possess a current and valid drivers license to operate a motor vehicle.

Prison Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement 28 CFR 115.17 115.117 115.217 and 115.317: For these positions applicants may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups with inmates detained in a prison or jail or with residents of community confinement facilities.

In accordance with the Federal PREALaw the Hawaii State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups with inmates detained in a prison or jail or with residents of community confinement facilities who:

a.Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison jail lockup communityconfinement facility juvenile facility or other institution;
b. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force overt or implied threats of force or coercion or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;
c. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or
d. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.

Any additional information may be attached to your online application submitted by email to or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary Human Resources Department426 Queen Street First Floor Honolulu Hawaii 96813.

Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.

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