Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor II - Associate Therapist

@ Kaiser Permanente
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Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor II - Associate Therapist

Los Angeles, CA
Posted 2 days ago

About the job

The organization offers behavioral health services, focusing on chemical dependency treatment, assessments, and counseling for diverse clients, supporting recovery and mental health in an outpatient setting.

Requirements

  • Masters Degree in behavioral health
  • Experience with assessments
  • Crisis response skills

Qualifications

  • Licensed or certification preferred
  • Availability evenings
  • Relevant behavioral health degree

Full job description

Job Summary:

Provides Chemical Dependency services to adults, adolescents and significant others of CD patients under supervision.


Essential Responsibilities:

  • Under the direction of a licensed clinical supervisor performs the following:
  • Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice.
  • Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.
  • Identifies need for higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional/family dysfunction).
  • Performs intake and psychosocial assessments.
  • Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP/S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval.
  • Participates in clinical case conferences.
  • Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures.
  • Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services.
  • May provide Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy only under licensed supervision as assigned.
  • Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.
  • May perform mentor functions to Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates as assigned.
    • Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • N/A.
Education
  • Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health.
License, Certification, Registration
  • N/A
Additional Requirements:
  • N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
  • N/A

Notes:

  • Must be available at least 2 evenings to 7pm, may work Tues- Sat schedule
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