Career Counselor - Higher Ed. jobs in Anchorage, AK

**Voted Best Place to Work in Alaska in 2022 & 2023!**

Job summary:

            Set Free Alaska is looking for a Counselor to join our award-winning team. You are the perfect candidate if you are someone that is passionate about helping others and looking for more than just a job. You joined the behavioral health field to help others. At Set Free we value that and set up our caseloads to ensure you have the time to provide excellent service while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Counselors are on the front lines of the fight, championing others as they find hope and healing. We appreciate the work you do and strive to care for our teams in a way that gives evidence to that. Set Free was voted the Best Place to Work in Alaska for all employers under 250 employees. Apply now to add your skills, knowledge, and passion to our team of life-changers! The Counselor will deliver direct substance abuse counseling to adult clients at Palmer Correctional Facility.

Benefits:

• Insurance
  • Health
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life
  • Short Term Disability
• 401k with 3% match
• Paid Time Off 
• Continuing Education Stipend

Qualifications:

Required:

• The ability to acquire Chemical Dependency Counselor II or QAP equivalent certification within 3 years of date of hire
• Ability to pass a drug screening and State of Alaska background check

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in human services or closely related field
• Experience in substance abuse or mental health field including:
  • Delivering direct therapeutic services (group and individual)
  • Crisis intervention skills
  • Treatment planning and treatment team participation
  • Case management

Skills required:

• Excellent written, verbal and organizational skills
• Punctuality and consistent reliability reporting to work
• Understanding of being trauma informed and awareness of cultural differences
• The ability to:
  • Be a team player, demonstrating motivation, exercising discretion and dependability
  • Build rapport with clients and staff
  • Establish and maintain clear therapeutic boundaries
  • Maintain confidentiality and treat everyone with dignity and respect
• Basic computer skills and fluid use of electronic communication tools 
  

Job responsibilities:

• Develop written treatment plans using the client’s strengths and individualized treatment needs. Aid the client to participate in the development of this treatment plan and conduct treatment plan reviews as needed through the duration of treatment
• Prepare and conduct individual and group counseling sessions, structuring the sessions according to the needs, goals and individual strengths and limitations of each client
• Attend weekly clinical treatment team meetings
• Provide case management and work cooperatively with collateral services. Counselor I will refer clients to appropriate services as needed