Youth Addiction Counselor

ND Health and Human Services; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $12,000

Job summary

ND Health and Human Services is seeking a Youth Addiction Counselor to serve youth in the Grand Forks area. The role involves assessment, short-term counseling, recovery management, and group facilitation within a multidisciplinary team, with travel to client homes.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling, Addiction Studies, Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology, plus current LAC licensure. A valid driver's license and completed defensive driving course are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling or related field with licensure requirement.
• Current licensure as an Addiction Counselor (LAC) by the North Dakota Board of Addiction Counseling Examiners.
• Valid driver's license and successful completion of defensive driving course during orientation.
• Willingness to travel to meet clients in homes and communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, treatment, recovery management, and supportive services to youth and families.
• Facilitate groups and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with Human Service Zones, schools, juvenile court, and healthcare providers.
• Deliver crisis intervention and risk assessments in office and community settings.
• Educate and consult with families, interns, and residents.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling

Bachelor's degree in Addiction Studies

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Bachelor's degree in Counseling

Bachelor's degree in Psychology

Job description

Northeast Behavioral Health Clinic is seeking a Youth Addiction Counselor in the Grand Forks area.

May be eligible for a Sign on Bonus up to $12000

Be part of the solution to the behavioral health crisis. As a team member for ND Department of Health & Human Services, you will ensure the most vulnerable youth have access to a high-quality healthcare system in which prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.

As a Youth Addiction Counselor, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide youth with opportunities for recovery and wellness so they can live, learn, and thrive within their home community. This role includes providing assessment, treatment, recovery management, facilitating groups, and supportive services to youth and their families. Collaboration with Human Service Zones, schools, juvenile court, healthcare providers, and other community partners is an essential component of this position.

While the primary focus of this role is serving youth, you may also be asked to support adult services based on agency needs. This may include, but is not limited to, facilitating treatment and educational groups, providing clinical support, and assisting with other programmatic services as assigned.

In a typical week of a Youth Addiction Counselor, you will complete level of care screenings and assist in developing integrated service plans. You will provide short term individual, family, and group counseling. You will provide crisis intervention and risk assessments in the office and in the community. Also, you will provide education and consult to families, community, interns, and residents.

You will thrive in this position if you are committed to a rehabilitative and person-centered philosophy and comfortable providing services in homes and communities. Services are provided in homes and communities, and therefore, travel is the norm.

To be considered for the Youth Addiction Counselor position, you are required to have a bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling, Addiction Studies, Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology, AND have current licensure as an Addiction Counselor (LAC) by the North Dakota Board of Addiction Counseling Examiners. This position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new-hire orientation.

Location

This position provides essential client services face to face and therefore the person in this position needs to be able to travel to meet clients at their location. A state fleet vehicle will be available for use when traveling to clients.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

About Team ND

"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

Total Rewards:

The State of North Dakota is committed to providing team members with a strong and competitive rewards package that support you, your health and your family.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

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