Recovery Counselor & Therapist — Residential Care (Parker, CO)

Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage up to 85%

Dental & vision plans

Up to 27 days PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

Valley Hope of Parker is expanding our Counseling team and is now searching for a Residential Counselor. Valley Hope restores lives affected by addiction and supports lifelong recovery.

This on-site role emphasizes individual and group counseling, treatment planning, and coordination with a multidisciplinary team to support patient recovery. Requirements include completed masters in counseling or social work and licensure progress (LPCC/LSW/LMFT-C), CPR certification, and at least 1 year in

Qualifications

• Completed masters degree in counseling or social work and working towards licensure as an LPCC, LSW, LMFT-C
• One (1) year of behavioral healthcare clinical counseling or clinical case management work experience.
• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual and group counseling, therapeutic intervention, and educational lectures to patients and family members to assist them in recognizing problems and causal factors related to substance abuse and developing alternative/coping behaviors.
• Develops, revises, and implements treatment plans in cooperation with patients to assist them in remaining substance-free and coming with social, marital, legal, financial, and/or employment problems.
• Performs assessments of patients’ needs, motivations, and backgrounds; prepares substance abuse bio-psycho-social/assessment summaries.
• Participates on a multi-disciplinary treatment team to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Establishes follow-up care for patients by making and setting up referrals such as psychological or medical services, support groups counseling, sober living housing, and/or vocational training as needed.
• Develops patient progress reports and evaluations according to Valley Hope policy and program requirements.
• Provides clinical consultation to referral resources, mentors, family members, and others to help support patients in their recovery.
• Records treatment activities and patient observations in patient records accurately and timely; completes paperwork requirements as needed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Interacts and communicates with others (patients, co-workers, management, and vendors) in a professional and tactful manner including treating them with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.

Skills

Counseling

Group counseling

Crisis intervention

Education

Masters in counseling or social work

Licensure progress LPCC/LSW/LMFT-C

CPR certification

Job description

Valley Hope of Parker is expanding our Counseling team and is now searching for a Residential Counselor. Valley Hope restores lives affected by addiction and supports lifelong recovery.

This on-site role emphasizes individual and group counseling, treatment planning, and coordination with a multidisciplinary team to support patient recovery. Requirements include completed masters in counseling or social work and licensure progress (LPCC/LSW/LMFT-C), CPR certification, and at least 1 year in