Evening Counselor/ Therapist at Hilton Head, SC Job at BriteLife Recovery
Evening Counselor/ Therapist
The BriteLife Way:
BriteLife Recovery is a comprehensive substance use treatment facility similarly designed to existing high-end facilities yet is affordable enough for Middle America. The protocol is a unique opportunity for recovery and lifestyle change with a proven mind, body, and spirit approach, experiential and customized to each patient’s needs. We will provide all this without the pitfalls of metropolitan areas and ease of access to narcotics or any mind-altering substances. This is the first site to offer a co-morbidity approach, blended with both proven 12 step and non 12 step intense therapy protocols to treatment. Utilizing the medical model and focusing on a truly medical/therapeutic approach to living with addiction and alcoholism. BriteLife will be the leader in the industry and will set a new standard for treatment and medical protocols at a higher level of client care than previously approached.
Overview of the Position:
The Therapist is responsible for providing confidential addiction counseling, education and support to individuals, families, and the community, and for promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy choices. Under the supervision of a Program Director or Clinical Director, the Therapist will provide addiction services including, but not limited to, group, individual, and family sessions, and other modalities to clients and their families according to demonstrated competence.
Primary Tasks:
- Assessing clients using standardized or evidence-based assessment tools and diagnosing clients for substance disorders using the DSM 5
- Providing the substance abuse counseling services specified in the client treatment
- Manage crisis on the unit, assist in AMA blocking, assist in engaging clients to attend group
- Provide psychoeducational group to clients as scheduled
- Liaison between departments during evening hours to assure clients needs are being met.
- Meet with new afterhours admissions to assure adjustment to environment.
- Providing active case consultation.
- Documenting all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client's clinical record, providing appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records.
- Positively promotes Britelife Hilton Head to prospective clients and employees.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Job Type: Full Time
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- CADC, LAC, LPC or equivalent
- Licensed clinical professional doing work of an addiction counselor preferred.
- Demonstrated computer proficiency.
Qualifications:
- Ability to assess, plan services, and deliver services to individuals in need of substance abuse treatment.
- Ability to establish rapport, systematically gather data, determine the readiness for individual treatment and change, and apply accepted criteria for diagnosis of substance use disorders.
- Ability to screen for psychoactive substance toxicity, intoxication, and withdrawal symptoms.
- Ability to screen for danger to self or others.
- Ability to screen for co-occurring mental health issues.
- Ability to analyze and interpret data to determine treatment recommendations and priorities.
- Demonstrated adherence to acceptable ethical and behavioral standards of conduct.
- Participation in continuing Professional Development.
- Understands the benefits and limitations of toxicology testing procedures.
- Knowledge of strategies for treating alcohol, cocaine, and other drug abuse.
- Knowledge of medication-assisted therapy.
- Skilled in meeting client needs in keeping with state required staff-to-client ratio.
- Ability to provide education and information to individuals and groups, through formal and/or informal processes, concerning their substance abuse.
- Ability to identify client needs that cannot be met by the counselor or agency and assists clients to utilize the support systems and community resources available. Demonstrated knowledge of accepted principles of client record management.
Benefits:
- Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
- Paid time off
- The opportunity to make a positive impact not only in our clients' lives, but in the recovery community as well.
- Solid Staff Development Program
- Independence, responsibility and an opportunity to be a change agent in the recovery community.
- Great working environment
- Growth opportunities
- And more
EEO Statement
All BLR subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. BLR subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Keywords: CADC, LACM, LPC, Clinical Addiction Counselor
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