Certified Counselor (51614)

WestCare Inc; Sheridan (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

WestCare Inc in Sheridan, IL is seeking a clinician to deliver clinical substance abuse treatment to clients in the Sheridan Correctional Center program. The role emphasizes assessment, engagement, and developing service plans within IDOC guidelines.

Responsibilities include daily treatment groups, curriculum-based education, fostering self-help participation, maintaining confidential client files, and weekly data submissions.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessment of each client with required assessment tools.
• Initiate and sustain motivation to participate in treatment using engagement techniques.
• Develop a comprehensive service plan including assessments and goals.
• Provide daily treatment and curriculum-based education groups on TC concepts and related topics.
• Assist clients in forming self-help groups such as AA/NA.
• Maintain client treatment files and ensure confidentiality and proper storage.
• Provide general client supervision and schedule therapeutic activities.
• Document and maintain information per confidentiality laws and release forms.
• Record participation dates, hours, and IDOC/WestCare identifiers.
• Submit all client data weekly for WestCare database entry.
• Attend required staff development and in-service trainings.

Education

High School

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Sheridan Correctional Center - 4017 E 2603 - Sheridan, IL 60551. Position Type: Full Time. Education Level: High School. Salary Range: $23.08 - $24.62 Hourly. Travel Percentage: None. Job Shift: Day. Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services. Please click the following link to view the available benefits for this position: https://westcare.link/ILSHER

Position Summary

Person in this position will be responsible for the delivery of clinical substance abuse treatment to clients participating in the program. Essential job functions include those listed below.

Essential Job Functions

• Complete assessment of each client with required assessment tools.
• Initiate and sustain each individual's motivation to participate in treatment, using techniques of engagement including therapeutic relationships, individual counseling, and brief interventions based on the stages of change.
• Develop a comprehensive service plan for each client that includes the results of assessments, and short- and long-term treatment goals and objectives of the client (the service plan is developed with the input of the client, but within the limitations imposed by IDOC).
• Provide daily treatment and curriculum-based education groups on the basic concepts of therapeutic communities, emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and the stages of change, communicable diseases, cognitive skills, conflict resolution, fundamental social skills, and personal moral development.
• Assist clients in the development of self-help groups, such as AA/NA, which offer clients an opportunity to support one another in recovery.
• Maintain individual client treatment files in accordance with agency policies and procedures, including documentation of vocational/educational activities, as well as all other pertinent documentation and ensure files are securely stored.
• Provide general client supervision, including planning and scheduling therapeutic activities.
• Maintain all information according to the laws of confidentiality as required by the Federal Register, General Provisions, Title 42, Chapter 1, Part 2, which prohibits making disclosures without the specific written consent of the client, or as otherwise permitted by such regulations.
• Obtain a signed release of confidential information (disclosure form) from each client authorizing IDOC to review case files for quality assurance reviews and evaluation of WestCare performance, and maintain as a part of the client file.
• Maintain thorough records of each client's participation, including participant IDOC number, unique identifier for the WestCare program, beginning and ending dates of service, number of hours of participation, and number of days of participation.
• Submit all individual client data on a weekly basis for entry into the WestCare database.
• Attend all required staff development training, including cross-training, and WestCare in-service training such as conducting assessments, clinical skills, developing service plans, basic TC concepts, emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and