What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counselor position at Cleanslate Centers Inc?
Why YOU would love this job!
Your compassion, along with a smile and warm conversation, can make all the difference to our patients in recovery. As a Licensed Counselor, your work WILL make an impact every single day. Your attention to detail and collaboration in a team environment will help our clinics run smoothly, ensuring patients get the individualized care they need. We call ourselves Warriors for Hope and we mean it. If you share our values, you’d make a great member of our team.
Who we are?
CleanSlate is a nationwide medical group providing treatment for the America’s crisis of addiction. Our Mission is to improve the quality of life for people suffering from opioid and alcohol addictions. We're accomplishing this first through:
- High-quality medication-assisted treatment (MAT) led by physicians and licensed medical providers in a convenient outpatient environment.
- Hand-on care, providing our patients with psychosocial support and intensive care coordination with a wide network of partners in every community.
- Individualized mental health support, through one-on-one counseling, peer support or group sessions.
CleanSlate has treated more than 100,000 patients in over 75 centers across the country, working closely with our partners to save and change lives.Our expert care brings hope and help to patients so they can achieve the lives they want and deserve.
Benefit Package
- $5,000 sign on bonus!
- No weekend or on-call responsibility
- Generous PTO package plus Holidays for full and part time positions
- 401K and Roth with Company match
- Continued Education Paid Time Off and Education Reimbursement for Providers
- Incentive Bonus Program
- STAR Approved Sites (loan reimbursement program for eligible participants and eligible sites)
- We credential you and offer malpractice coverage
- Affordable Medical plans for employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week
- Dental and Vision plans for employees working a minimum of 20 hours per week
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care expenses
- Employer contribution to the HSA
- Employer Assistance Program with company paid visit allotment
- Company paid Life, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability including part time employees
The Licensed Counselor provides individual, group, and crisis intervention counseling to persons with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders to promote optimum long-term recovery. They are responsible for collaborating with healthcare team members developing treatment and recovery plans and identifying barriers to recovery.
Performance Responsibilities
- Completes comprehensive assessment within program guidelines and formulates a diagnostic impression by conducting patient/family interviews and identifying strengths, needs, abilities, preferences, and barriers to recovery for the development of a treatment plan.
- Prepares individualized treatment plans, in accordance with established standards and deadlines, consistent with the assessment and with patient to include goals, interventions, necessary support or referral services. Evaluates client response to treatment and modifies treatment plan or recommends treatment extensions as circumstances require.
- Develops patient discharge plans which integrate aftercare treatment and utilization of appropriate referral resources.
- Conducts individual counseling sessions with patients in accordance with treatment plan, or as necessary for crises intervention; provides patients with feedback, support, or encouragement or to address behaviors and attitudes, or family, social or personal problems.
- Prepares and conducts group counseling utilizing Evidenced-Based Treatment Models (i.e., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing).
- Documents treatment plans, progress notes, treatment evaluations, discharge summaries, treatment plan reviews, and so forth; and maintains client records and charts in accordance with organizational regulatory accreditations and contractual standards.
- Collaborates with Medical Staff, Care Coordinators and Certified Recovery Specialists (if available in your state) and other Treatment Team Members to facilitate open communication regarding patient care.
- Provide crisis intervention, as necessary.
- Knowledge of and proven ability to successfully work with evidence-based treatment practices.
- Thorough understanding of the Relapse Models and Harm Reduction concepts.
- Working understanding of the unique needs/dynamics of the patient population.
- Possess excellent writing skills.
- Willingness to work with a treatment team approach.
- Ability to communicate effectively with treatment staff.
- Must possess an understanding of the nature of recovery from substance use and clinical intervention which leads to greatest outcomes and creates conditions for highest probability of sustained recovery.
- All other duties and tasks as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master's Degree in Addiction Counseling, Counseling, Social Work, or a related field of study.
- Completion of degree and all post-degree supervision for licensure with at least two years of post-degree experience in the behavioral sciences field.
- Experience in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment preferred.
- Current unrestricted licensure in the state of practice:
- AZ: LCSW, LPC, LISAC, LMFT
- IN: LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAC
- KY: LCSW, LCADC, LPCC, LMFT
- MA: LADC1, LICSW, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT
- OH: LPCC, LISW, LICDC, LIMFT
- PA: CAADC, LCSW, LPC, LMFT
- VA: LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LSATP
- WI: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, CSAC w/clinical supervision training
- This position is subject to a background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records and will assess the details of any criminal conviction in a manner consistent with applicable law. No background check will be conducted unless and until a conditional offer of employment has been made to an applicant. This position must also successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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