Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III

@ Kaiser Permanente
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Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III

Moreno Valley, CA
Posted 4 days ago

About the job

A behavioral health organization seeks a Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III to provide comprehensive addiction services including counseling, assessments, and case management for diverse client populations including adolescents and families.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years supervised addiction therapy
  • Masters in behavioral health field

Qualifications

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker or equivalent
  • California licensure required

Full job description

Job Summary:

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

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.

  • Provides 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.

  • Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned.

  • Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.

  • May perform mentor functions/clinical direction to CDRP/S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates.

  • Other duties as assigned.


Basic Qualifications:
Experience


  • Minimum of two (2) years post graduate relevant supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.

Education

  • Masters degree in a Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health required.
License, Certification, Registration
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)
Additional Requirements:

  • N/A
Preferred Qualifications:

  • N/A
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