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 recovery. The role supports treatment planning, counseling, crisis response, and case management, working under supervision to help varied client needs.

Requirements

  • Masters in Social Work or related field
  • Associate Professional Clinical Counselor registration
  • Must work at least two evenings
  • Ability to respond to crisis calls
  • Conduct assessments and counseling

Qualifications

  • Behavioral health related degree
  • California licensure eligible
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work evenings and Saturdays

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
  • Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California) OR Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California)
Additional Requirements:
  • Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
  • Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years. If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • N/A

Notes:

- Five-day work week. Must be able to work at least two evenings to 7pm, may work half day Saturday.

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