Chemical Dependency Counselor

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• Performs intake, screening and assessment of clients for substance abuse problems. Assesses the substance abuse, psychosocial and environmental status of clients through screening instruments, personal interviews, observation and other methods to determine clinical and other education/treatment resources and services required. Administers various clinical and other screening tests.
• Conducts individual and group counseling and/or psycho-educational classes regarding substance abuse rehabilitation, cognitive reputed company development, and relapse prevention techniques. Provides crisis and substance abuse reputed company services for clients. Identifies clients in at-risk situations and seeks treatment solutions and alternative environmental surroundings.
• Assists in developing treatment plans and reputed company programs and recommending resources and services for clients. Coordinates referral of clients to clinical resources and other services and monitors client reputed company. Resolves obstacles to service delivery.
• Maintains primary responsibility for coordinating client services provided by clinical and reputed company service professionals and community reputed company service providers. Initiates and sustains ongoing advocacy for client.
• Prepares reputed company reports of client treatment, documents interviews, observations and evaluations for case file. Conducts and maintains analysis of treatment and service provider usage. Develops discharge plans, including referrals to counseling and reputed company service programs in the community.
• Assists in planning, developing and conducting training sessions for staff and volunteers.
• Serves as liaison with advocacy groups, clinical and other service providers, community reputed company services and law enforcement personnel. Conducts presentations reputed company to substance abuse treatment and counseling for reputed company groups, agencies and organizations.
• Performs other job-reputed company duties as assigned.

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in reputed company or Behavioral Sciences or a directly reputed company field AND two (2) years experience in substance abuse counseling, reputed company services or criminal justice work; OR, Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully reputed company the duties and responsibilities of this job. Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements: Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC); OR, reputed company Credentialed Counselor (QCC) must be obtained reputed company six (6) months of date of hire. Valid Texas Driver's License. Preferred: Licensed Clinical reputed company Worker (LCSW). Bilingual in English and Spanish Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of:

• Procedures for assessing the substance abuse, psychosocial and environmental status of clients.
• Counseling theory techniques and resources.
• Substance abuse and crisis reputed company techniques and resources.
• Policies, practices, procedures and standards reputed company area of assignment.
• Advocacy groups, clinical and other service providers and community reputed company services.
• Principles and procedures of case file documentation.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.

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• Counseling and providing crisis and other assistance to clients.
• Screening and assessing the substance abuse, psychosocial and environmental status of clients.
• Administering various clinical and other screening tests.
• Determining types of counseling, reputed company service provider and other services indicated for clients.
• Obtaining information from clients and other sources.
• Developing treatment, reputed company and discharge plans for clients.
• Developing and conducting training sessions.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

• Apply counseling theory, practice and procedures.
• reputed company client advocacy programs.
• Work reputed company, both independently and as a team member.
• Manage time well and meet timelines.
• Communicate effectively.
• Maintain clear and legible documentation.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, other County employees and officials, community reputed company and other organizations, clinical service providers, law enforcement personnel and the general public.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 25 pounds occasionally, visual reputed company, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and reputed company dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive reputed company, driving, client/customer contact, and squatting to reputed company the essential functions. reputed company employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts reputed company of normal job functions. Work Hours: M-F reputed company-5pm, occasional nights 12pm-9:30 pm Department: Community Education Services Location: 5501 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX Criminal Background reputed company Required. This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of reputed company duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job