Licensed Counselor (Substance Use & Mental Health) #ESF4007

Join a mission driven behavioral health organization dedicated to helping individuals achieve lasting recovery wellness and community integration. This role provides individual family and group counseling services within a collaborative treatment team environment supporting clients with substance use and mental health needs through evidence based care advocacy and coordinated treatment planning.

• Provide individual family and group counseling services.
  
• Develop and maintain individualized treatment plans and discharge plans.
  
• Manage an active caseload while coordinating care across multidisciplinary teams.
  
• Conduct assessments treatment planning and ongoing client evaluations.
  
• Support clients with housing financial legal educational vocational and community resource needs.
  
• Ensure compliance with ASAM guidelines regulatory requirements and documentation standards.
  
• Collaborate with medical nursing and behavioral health providers to coordinate treatment.
  
• Advocate for client needs and support successful transitions through different levels of care.
  
• Maintain timely accurate and complete clinical documentation.
  

• Masters degree in Social Work Counseling Marriage and Family Therapy or related behavioral health field.
  
• Active Connecticut licensure or eligibility for one of the following: LMSW LCSW LPC LPCA LMFT or LADC.
  
• Experience providing substance use behavioral health or co-occurring disorder treatment services.
  
• Experience conducting assessments treatment planning and counseling interventions.
  
• Strong documentation communication and care coordination skills.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary treatment team.
  
• Computer proficiency and electronic documentation experience.
  

• Bilingual Spanish speaking ability.
  
• Experience in residential treatment settings.
  
• Experience with ASAM criteria and level of care determinations.
  
• Experience serving co-occurring mental health and substance use populations.
  
• Connecticut Certified Clinical Supervisor credential.
  
• Experience working with Medicaid community behavioral health or recovery support programs.