Primary Substance Abuse Counselor Casa Raphael

Position Title: Primary Substance Abuse Counselor

Department: Casa Raphael

Reports to: Clinical Supervisor

FLSA Status: FullTime and NonExempt

BENEFITS: Alpha Project offers a generous benefits package including 14 paid holidays paid vacation sick leave and 100 employerpaid medical dental vision premium and group life insurance.

PAY RANGE: $52000 $56160/yearly commensurate with experience

The Primary Substance Abuse Counselor works with clients to develop effective treatment plans provides guidance on resources and partners that can support the treatment plan and rehabilitation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Resident Counseling

• Provide case management supervision and strategic direction to residents in all aspects of treatment;
• Develop and monitor resident Individual Treatment Plans to ensure progress toward resident treatment and personal goals;
• Facilitate resident process groups classroom activities and workshops;
• Maintain appropriate documentation regarding resident progress services received and special incidents in individual resident case files;
• Monitor and record resident program participation in accordance to individual Task Plans on a weekly basis;
• Coordinate and schedule appropriate resident services with external medical dental legal (Court Probation Parole) and other agencies; and
• Coordinate ancillary services (dual diagnosis counseling vocational training continued education social/recreational activities etc. to meet resident needs and treatment goals.

Administration

• Communicate and adhere to program policies and procedures and model professional rapport to all residents in accordance with the Casa Raphael Operations Manual;
• Complete and submit timesensitive reports to referring entities and/or agents; and
• Ensure compliance with organization contractual local state and federal mandates including confidentiality.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands/conditions described below are representative of those that must be met/tolerated by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Sitting at a desk for sometimes long and continuous periods of time;
• Answering or making calls on the telephone for sometimes long and continuous periods of time;
• Using a keyboard to perform research and to communicate through written means for sometimes long and continuous periods of time;
• Looking at a computer monitor for sometimes long and continuous periods of time;
• Frequent standing walking reaching lifting and stooping; and
• Exposure to moderate to loud noise

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to follow policies and procedures as established in the Companys Employee Handbook. Candidates will also contribute to a positive work environment by behaving and communicating in a manner such that they get along with all constituent groups coworkers and management.

In addition the education experience and other skills listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Registered or certified substance use disorder counselor certification in a treatmentrelated field required;
• Two 2 years experience in a substance abuse residential facility or treatmentrelated field; required;
• Knowledge of assessment and treatment best practices including traumainformed care harm reduction motivational interviewing and other evidencebased practices required;
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Red Cross First Aid certification;
• Knowledge of prevention and Naloxone distribution emergency response required; and
• Peer experience and Bilingual (any language) candidates are encouraged to apply.

KEY SKILLS SET

• Ability to communicate in person and over the phone required;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required;
• Understanding confidentiality protocols and protecting personal information required;
• Ability to organize and prioritize projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner required;
• Effectively problemsolve and maintain composure in highpressure situations required;
• Ability to liaise with partner agencies;
• Ability to work independently with minimal daily supervision required;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive personal information of applicants current and former clients landlords and other matters affecting tenant relations;
• Knowledge of treatment modalities in the areas of substance dependency;
• Knowledge of all applicable Federal State and local laws codes regulations and departmental policies and procedures;
• Experience with theory principles and practices of homeless housing interventions social services case management eviction prevention shelter diversion and crisis intervention.

EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS

• High proficiency in MS Office including Word Excel and Outlook;
• Proficiency in San Diego County database program SanWits;
• Working knowledge of all standard office equipment; and
• Experience with principles and practices of data collection and report preparation preferred.

Alpha Project for the Homeless provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race color creed religion gender age sexual orientation national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state federal or local law.