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002 Sea Mar Community Health Center; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 67,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is seeking a counselor to provide direct counseling services to adults, youth, and families with substance use disorders and related mental health issues. The role emphasizes one-to-one and group formats within a client-centered, integrated care model.

The counselor will use ASAM criteria to design, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment plans, coordinate with the care team and external partners, and maintain comprehensive patient records in compliance

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group counseling for adults, youth, and families with chemical dependency and co-occurring mental health issues.
• Maintain professional records per ASAM criteria and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and evaluate individualized treatment plans using ASAM criteria.
• Coordinate with staff and external agencies to ensure continuum of care for patients.
• Manage a caseload up to 12 clients in intensive outpatient and up to 30 in aftercare.
• Attend staff meetings and provide timely clinical documentation.

Skills

Counseling

DSM V

ICD-10

ASAM criteria

Case management

Group counseling

Job description

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Position Summary

This individual is responsible for providing direct counseling services to patients. The counselor is the agent for providing services to patients in a one-to-one or group format, performing assessments, evaluations, and intakes. Services are provided to adults, youth, and their families. These clients have a primary diagnosis of chemical dependency and may also have emerging mental health problems.

Applicants are expected to subscribe to the disease concept of chemical dependency with the belief that total abstinence is required for ongoing recovery from alcoholism and other drug addiction. This job description does not suggest or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The person in this position will be required to follow other instructions and to perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Counselor will understand the services at the organization follow a client centered model with emphasis on integrated care.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services. Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Demonstrates an understanding of DSM V and ICD 10 as relates to the diagnosing of the patients in their case load.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Able to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
• Provides screening and evaluation of individuals and refers them as needed to other treatment/service programs as are available in the facility and in the community.
• Provides individual and group counseling for persons in the process of discovering and dealing with drug related problems and emerging mental health issues.
• Is the primary case manager for a case load of up to 12 clients in intensive outpatient phase and up to 30 in aftercare.
• Implements problem oriented records system, Federal/State/County reports, patient surveys, and submits on a monthly basis to Program Manager.
• Maintains professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of the facility, and of the federal, state, and local regulations, especially WAC 388-805 requirements. Has a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC, and RCW's.
• Designs, implements and evaluates individualized treatment plans based on ASAM criteria.
• Coordinates and cooperates with staff or other agencies and organizations in order to expedite treatment for each patient and for their continuum of care.
• Completes on time all of the required Federal, State, County, and local forms for each patient (BECCA, CDDA).
• Attends regular staff meetings and in service trainings for clinical personnel.
• Maintains accurate and current records on each patient in accordance to ASAM and according to the facility's procedure for patient records.
• Prepares current patient progress reports and completion notices and provides them to the courts, probation departments, families and referral sources when appropriate.
• When assigned a SUD Trainee, the SUDP will provide direct supervision and tutori