Weekend Overnight Counselor - Adolescent Substance Use

Outreach Development Corporation; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 29 000 - 41 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Outreach Development Corporation seeks an Overnight Counselor to oversee resident health and welfare at Outreach House 1 for Adolescents in Ridgewood, NY. You will work as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team to support clients with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues.

Responsibilities include nightly paperwork, health checks, intake screening, incident reporting, supervision, and coordination of daily house activities.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience working with clients with substance use disorders.
• 1 year of experience working with adolescents with co-occurring and mental health problems.

Responsabilités

• File all paperwork on a nightly basis.
• Perform closing runs and document findings via the appropriate reporting systems; SAC communication log, incident reports or 24 hour on-call supervisors.
• Screen residents and their belongings returning from passes, medical, and court appointments in accordance with unit procedure.
• Conduct health and welfare check and have runs in accordance with unit policy and procedures.
• Supervise clients in self-medication (under supervision).
• Participate in individual and group supervision.
• Communicate all pertinent information for incidents, emergencies, the appropriate reporting systems; SAC communication log, incident reports, and 24 hour on-call supervisor.
• Crisis interventions and follow up with incident, accident and/or elopement reports.
• Create new resident clinical charts and maintain inactive charts.
• Obtain urine samples for toxicology testing as directed by supervisor.
• Participate in special family events throughout the year at the Young Adult program.
• Overall supervision and management of client population in the facilitation of the daily house schedule.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• CASAC-T, CASAC, or higher preferred.
• 1 year of experience working with clients with substance abuse disorders.
• 1 year of experience working with adolescents with co-occurring and mental health problems.
• 1 year of experience working in an OASAS funded facility a plus.

Connaissances

CASAC-T/CASAC

Substance abuse experience

Adolescent mental health

Description du poste

Outreach Development Corporation seeks an Overnight Counselor to oversee resident health and welfare at Outreach House 1 for Adolescents in Ridgewood, NY. You will work as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team to support clients with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues.

Responsibilities include nightly paperwork, health checks, intake screening, incident reporting, supervision, and coordination of daily house activities.