Floor Counselor, Residential SUD Program

Akeela, Inc.; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Akeela, Inc. is seeking a dedicated supervisor to provide direction for client activities within a treatment milieu in Anchorage, AK. The role emphasizes training and supervising clients to perform daily responsibilities in alignment with individualized treatment plans.

The position involves bridging clients and counselors, overseeing multiple facility departments, and conducting ongoing staff trainings. Must communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary team and handle high-stress situations

Qualifications

• Provide ongoing monthly trainings for department heads and senior clients.
• Monitor client operation of work therapy facility functions.
• Orient newly admitted clients to the program.
• Identify and assess addictive behavior patterns in milieu.
• Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to function under stress.
• Support hostile and resistant clients toward progress on treatment goals.
• Function independently with minimal supervision.
• Read, write and speak English.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and train client monitors; conduct performance reviews and staff meetings.
• Assist and support in processing client behavior.
• Assist in medication calls and box runs.
• Assist in managing safety and health functions within the facility.
• Assist in urinalysis testing.
• Progress note interaction with clients.
• Monitor client performance in the occupational therapy aspect of their treatment.
• Oversee training of maintenance, kitchen, senior, procurement, creative energy, orientation, and transitional housing departments.
• Schedule and supervise client monitors and relief staff to minimize overtime.
• Attend treatment team staffing and provide information on client behavior and progress.
• Participate in milieu education and training activities.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Skills

Training delivery

Team collaboration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Client supervision

Stress management

Independent work

Facility operations

English proficiency

Job description

Position Summary

Provides overall direction for client activities on a day-to-day basis. Emphasis is placed on the training and supervision of clients in the effective and cooperative performance of their daily responsibilities and providing milieu counseling. Serves as a bridge between clients and counselors, to ensure behavior in the milieu is aligning with goals/objectives in the clients individual treatment plans.

Position Summary

Provides overall direction for client activities on a day-to-day basis. Emphasis is placed on the training and supervision of clients in the effective and cooperative performance of their daily responsibilities and providing milieu counseling. Serves as a bridge between clients and counselors, to ensure behavior in the milieu is aligning with goals/objectives in the clients individual treatment plans.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Supervising and training client monitors including conducting performance reviews of those reporting directly to this position and conducting staff meetings.
• Assist and support in processing client behavior.
• Assist in medication calls and box runs.
• Assist in managing safety and health functions within the facility.
• Assist in urinalysis testing.
• Progress note interaction with clients.
• Monitors client performance in the occupational therapy aspect of their treatment.
• Oversees the functioning and training of the maintenance, kitchen, senior, procurement, creative energy, orientation, and transitional housing departments. Specific attention is to be given regarding the appropriate use of their authority.
• Schedules and supervises of client monitors and relief staff, minimizing overtime resource usage.
• Attends treatment team staffing, privileges determination and provide information on client behavior and progress.
• Participates in milieu education and training activities.
• Completes other duties as assigned in a timely and professional manner.

Essential Functions-Any Equivalent Combination Of Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education and Experience:

• Ability to provide on-going monthly trainings for department heads and senior clients.
• Ability to assist the Treatment Program Manager by monitoring the client operation of the various facility functions that are a part of the on going work therapy.
• Assist in the orientation of newly admitted clients to the program.
• Ability to identify and assess a clients specific addictive behavior pattern, and how it applies to a clients behavior in the milieu.
• Ability to function and effectively communicate in a interdisciplinary team approach.
• Ability to function under stress.
• Ability to assist and support hostile clients, sexual offenders, and resistant clients towards progress on their treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Ability to function independently without continual supervision.
• Ability to regularly attend position.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.