Counselor OTP

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is actively recruiting for an OTP Counselor to join our growing team in Newburgh NY.

RATE OF PAY/SALARY:$30.00-$34.06

WORK LOCATION(S):Newburgh NY

STATUS: Full-time

CORNERSTONES MISSION:

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center with a mission to provide high quality comprehensive primary and preventative health care services in an environment of caring dignity and respect to all people regardless of their ability to pay. For more than fifty years Cornerstone has been responsive to meeting the needs of the communities in which we serve with a continued emphasis on the underserved and those without access to health care regardless of race economic status age sex sexual orientation or disability.

CORNERSTONE BENEFITS:

Competitive salaries I Health Benefits I Retirement plan I Paid Time Off I Sick Time I Flexible Spending I Dependent Care IPaid Holidays

General Purpose:

The purpose of the counselor is to provide case management substance use counseling and advocacy services to an assigned caseload. This counselor will participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team to facilitate the client recovery and rehabilitation processes. These goals are accomplished by providing individual and group counseling developing interventions as needed and contributing to the healthy integrity of the programs therapeutic environment.

Description of Duties:

• Provide case management and advocacy services to an assigned caseload.
• Participate in monitoring the therapeutic environment to ensure that the behavioral guidelines are followed a therapeutic milieu is maintained and professional relationships remain positive.
• Provides psycho-educationand counseling relevant to chemical dependency and relapse prevention.
• Participate in assessmentscreenings to determine client needs/preferences; formulates and implements treatment transition and discharge /continuing care planning collaboratively with individual clients.
• Facilitates the re-socialization process of clients by serving as a role model.
• Conducts facility safetychecks as assigned to visually assess clients for the use of alcohol/drugs or the environment of care for unsafe conditions.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate complete timely and high-quality client records that complywith external regulatory standards and agency policy and procedure.
• Complies with 42 CFR confidentiality and HIPPAA privacy and security regulations.
• Works cooperatively with other staff as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Functions as a liaison/advocate to clients families and other agencies as needed.
• Provides outreach education and prevention services to the local community schools groups and agencies as necessary and as provided by management staff.
• Provides crisis interventionand management generating referrals to agency or external mental health providers or other service providers as indicated.
• Attend and participate in monthly department All Staff and other required meetings.
• Be familiar with and adhere to all clinical administrative and general policies and procedures as outlined in the Cornerstone Policy and Procedure Manual and Employee Handbook.
• Maintainconfidentiality of all aspects of Cornerstone including but not limitedto patient confidentiality financials and employee relations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience Required:

• Basic computer skills
• CASAC-T and above
• Associates or Bachelors in related field preferred
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred