Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III - Full Time - Moreno Valley

Job Summary

Provides Chemical Dependency services and psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, significant others of CD patients, and families under indirect supervision.

Essential Responsibilities

Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls. Provides higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional/family dysfunction). Performs intake and psychosocial assessments. Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP/S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval. Participates in clinical case conferences. Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures. Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services. Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned. Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination. May perform mentor functions/clinical direction to CDRP/S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates. Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience Minimum of two (2) years post graduate relevant supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required. Education Masters degree in a Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health required. License, Certification, Registration Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California)
• OR
• Licensed
• Clinical
• Social
• Worker (California)
• Additional
• Requirements: N/A

Preferred Qualifications

N/A Notes: Candidate may be required to cover Saturday clinic.