Recovery Counselor: Lead Group Therapy & Care

Phoenix-House-of-New-York; Wainscott (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

Paid holidays

Dental & vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Phoenix House of New York is seeking a Counselor to join the Wainscott Residential team in East Hampton, NY. You will facilitate daily living activities, group counseling, and treatment-plan implementation to support addiction recovery.

You will conduct individual, group and family sessions, provide psychosocial interventions, and supervise milieu staff as part of a multidisciplinary team in a residential setting. A CASAC is required and we offer strong benefits.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) is required.
• Minimum two years in a behavioral health/substance use disorder treatment program.
• Trained to dispense medications to clients in case of emergency.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual counseling and treatment/recovery plan preparation, monitoring and review.
• Facilitates activities of daily living, community meetings, engagement, carrying out treatment planning in milieu.
• Provide therapeutic interactions to foster patients' social, cognitive and behavioral skill development.
• Provide supervision of milieu staff.
• Provide psychosocial interventions to teach skills for coping with urges, craving, impulsive behavior and cognitive distortions in thinking, motivational interviewing techniques.
• Provide individual, group and family counseling.
• Provide multi-family group counseling.
• Plan and facilitate interactions with residents within the milieu to build social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
• Assisting in supervision of activities related to establishing a treatment environment.
• Prepare and maintain case records.
• Assist in the medication room in case of emergency.

Skills

Empathy

Ethical Practices

Communication

Teamwork

Crisis Management

Judgment

Relationship Management

Professional Boundaries

Critical Evaluation

Problem Solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CASAC required

Tools

None

Job description

Phoenix House of New York is seeking a Counselor to join the Wainscott Residential team in East Hampton, NY. You will facilitate daily living activities, group counseling, and treatment-plan implementation to support addiction recovery.

You will conduct individual, group and family sessions, provide psychosocial interventions, and supervise milieu staff as part of a multidisciplinary team in a residential setting. A CASAC is required and we offer strong benefits.