Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor II

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 Minimum of two (2) years supervised and related (may include adolescent, adult, family, co-dependent) work experience in the field of chemical dependency treatment.

Will consider successful completion of a KP addiction medicine internship in lieu of experience. 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.

Notes: The employee will have to work two nights per week or one night and one saturday morning per week. PrimaryLocation : California,Laguna Hills,Laguna Hills Mental Health HoursPerWeek : 40 Shift : Day Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM WorkingHoursEnd : 07:00 PM Job Schedule : Full-time Job Type : Standard Employee Status : Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter Job Level : Entry Level Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care Department : Laguna Hills Office

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