Job Summary
Provides substance abuse counseling designed to assist adolescent/adult clients to successfully complete the substance abuse program and learn skills to remain drug/alcohol free.
Responsibilities and Duties
Job Duties: Conduct initial intake assessments; assign adolescent/adult clients to group counseling and other program required activities, develop and implement individual client treatment plans. Conduct group and individual counseling, client progress assessments, substance abuse education, and personal and social adjustment training. Maintain treatment and other therapeutic records and develop linkages with community services. Teach families problems. Provide other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions: Driving a vehicle to conduct work. Flexible schedules that may require evening and weekend work. Physical abilities required included; hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to assess situations and make observations; sitting, standing and speaking for an extended period of time. Ability to lift approximately 25lbs. Incumbents may be exposed to individuals exhibiting violent or anti-social behavior. Able and willing to travel.
Qualifications and Skills
Minimum Requirements: Must be registered with Texas Department of State Health Services as a LCDC or LCDC-intern. Bachelor’s degree preferred in psychology, social work, or behavioral sciences with two years of substance abuse treatment experience. Demonstrated ability to conduct education and therapeutic counseling for individuals and groups required.
Important Qualities:
Compassion. Counselors often work with people who are dealing with stressful and difficult situations, so they must be compassionate and empathize with their clients.
Interpersonal Skills: Counselors must be able to work with different types to people. They spend most of their time working directly with clients and other professionals and must be able to develop and nature good relationships.
Listening Skills: Good listening are essential for substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors. They need to give their full attention to a client to be able to understand that clients problems and values.
Patience: Substance abuse counselors must be able to remain calm when working with all types of clients, including those who may be distressed or angry.
Speaking skills: Substance abuse counselors need to be able to communicate with clients effectively. They must express ideas and information in a way that their clients easily understand. Bilingual preferred.
Standards of Performance: Adaptable, motivated, team work, positive attitude, emotional maturity, energetic, considerate, dependable, flexible, honest, and to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Reports to: Employee shall report to immediate supervisor.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary
Pay: From $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
Work Location: In person
