Substance Abuse Center Director (Hosp. Op.) jobs in Bakersfield, CA

Hours Monday - Friday 5:30am-2:00pm. All weekends and holidays are off. Looking for an energetic counselor supervisor to join our team.

American Health Services is a medication-assisted treatment program.

We are seeking a certified SUD Counselor Supervisor, who meets California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs certification requirements at our Bakersfield location.

Requirements:

• A SUD Counselor Supervisor candidate must be Certified with CADTP or CCAPP per California DHCS regulations.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in the SUD treatment field required.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience with counseling supervision preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience conducting patient file audits preferred.

Duties:

• Conduct and monitor Quality Assurance activities to ensure that the program is in compliance with company policies, rules, regulations, and insurance regulations.
• Provides oversight to ensure the facility meets state/federal standards.
• Monitor counselors' performance including: attendance, documentation, productivity, and quality of services provided.
• Conduct counselor trainings.
• Orient new patients to the programs’ rules, policies, procedures and patients’ rights.
• Monitor Intakes, Discharge Planning, Initial Needs Assessments, and Initial Treatment Plans in a professional manner and within time guidelines as required by applicable federal and state regulation, COA guidelines and company policies.
• Ensure that patients are included in their own assessment, evaluation, Treatment Plans and the Clinical Severity Index (CSI), providing the patient with a sense of responsibility for their own recovery.
• Determine clinical necessity of counseling services based on the clinical assessment and evaluation of the patients.
• Maintain strict confidentiality guidelines, and ensure counselors are also following confidentiality guidelines.
• Ensure accurate record of all sessions for appropriate billing.
• Other duties as required.

Expectations:

• Ability to work well with coworkers and the ability to promote cohesive, team playing principles.
• Ability to supervise and lead program staff and to organize and prioritize workloads for meeting deadlines.
• Ability to analyze situations, evaluate data, make recommendations and implement courses of actions that would improve the functioning of program processes.
• Maintains the company’s desired client admissions and census status.
• Participates and promotes involvement in quality improvement activities, i.e., outcome measures and clientsatisfaction surveys.
• Supports and promotes facility-wide quality performance improvement goals and objectives.
• Ability to react calmly and efficiently during a crisis.
• Identifies staff continuing education needs and ensures that they are met.

Benefits:

- Set hours

- Health and dental insurance

- 401 k plan

- Competitive pay

- Vacation days

- Paid sick time

Job Type: Full Time

License:

• CADTP (Preferred)
• CCAPP (Preferred)

This position requires that applicants be Registered Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselor: Must be registered by one of the agencies accredited by the NCCA and recognized by DHCS, which include CADTP and CCAPP; and who must adhere to all requirements of the California Code of Regulations, Title 9, Chapter 8 and Title 9..

• Maintain compliance with the requirements for continuing education hours and/or units (CEH or CEU) as determined by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and/or other regulatory agencies.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Medical specialties:

• Addiction Medicine

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:

• supervisory: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• counselor certification (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Bakersfield, CA 93307: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person