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002 Sea Mar Community Health Center; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington State seeks a Counselor to organize and provide direct counseling in a secure residential setting. The role involves one-to-one and group sessions for youth with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues.

You will screen, evaluate, and manage referrals, maintain accurate records, and ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. A strong grasp of ASAM criteria and WAC is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Minimum caseload of 8–10 active cases.
• Screening and evaluation; refer to treatment programs as available.
• Provide individual and group counseling for substance use and mental health.
• Serve as primary case manager for up to ten youth.
• Maintain and submit records and reports in accordance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Carry a minimum caseload of 8 to 10 active cases.
• Provide screening and evaluation; refer to programs as available.
• Deliver individual and group counseling for drug and mental health issues.
• Act as primary case manager for up to ten youth.
• Maintain records and submit reports to supervisors and courts.

Skills

Counseling

Case management

ASAM criteria

WAC/RCW knowledge

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:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Position Summary

This person is responsible for organizing and providing direct counseling services to patients in a secure residential setting. The counselor is the agent for providing services to patients whether on a one-to-one or group basis, performs assessment, evaluation, and intakes. Services are given to out of control, high risk, runaway youth, and their families. These youth/adults have a primary diagnosis of substance use disorder and may also have emerging mental health problems. Applicants are expected to subscribe to the disease concept of substance use disorder 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.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Must carry a minimum caseload of 8 to10 active cases.
• 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.
• Serves as the primary case manager for a group of up to ten youth.
• Implements problem oriented records system, Federal/State/County reports, patient surveys, and submits on a monthly basis to Treatment Director.
• 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 training 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 Trainee, the SUDP will provide direct supervision and tutoring, and document all required activities for the Trainee per WAC 388-805-210. Including, but not limited to review, sign, and date all: assessments, treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, progress notes, discharge plans, discharge summaries and any other documentation entered in each patient's record by the Counselor Trainee, and Assist supervise, orient, and document all other items as listed in WAC 388-805-210.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Clinical Director.
• Classification as a SUDP per WAC 246-811.
• Fully understands "Child in Need of Services" (CHINS) petitioning and the "At Risk/Runaway Youth Act" as it applies to residential youth CD treatment.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• 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.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• This person must sign an oath of permanent confidentiality covering all patient relate information.
• This person must receive a background check from DSHS and Washington State Patrol.
• This person must comply with all ethical standards of Sea Mar and as required by DOH.
• The person in this position shall have no history or evidence of alcohol or other drug misuse for a period of three (3) years immediately prior to the date of employment at the facil