Women’s Inpatient Substance Use Counselor – Licensed Preferred

You will have the unique opportunity to provide counseling to women in our new Women’s Residential Unit. This unit is located in serene Bluffton SC and provides women a safe please to begin their recovery journey. The Therapist at this site is responsible for providing confidential addiction counseling, education and support to women, and their families. Under the supervision the Clinical Director, the Therapist will provide addiction services tailored to the needs of women that will include but are not limited Seeking Safety, the latest curriculum from Stephanie Covington, yoga, and mindfulness training. These services will be provided through the following modalities: assessment, group, individual, and family sessions. Applicants with LAC, LPC, LCSW, LMFT or equivalent are preferred, and Associate Licensed or certified clinicians are encouraged to apply.

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assessing clients using the ASAM, evidence-based assessment tools and diagnosing clients for substance disorders using the DSM 5

• Collaborating with the client in order to develop a written treatment plan that is client-centered and recovery oriented and includes goals and measurable objectives

• Providing the substance abuse counseling services specified in the client treatment plan

• Reviewing clients throughout the treatment episode according to ASAM, to determine the need for continued services or discharge/transfer

• Reviewing and, where necessary, revising the substance abuse counseling portion of the client treatment plan to address emerging problems

• Developing the client discharge/transfer plans to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care

• Contacting referral sources, providing case consultation and coordination with referral sources (for example: mental health treatment providers, criminal justice agencies, schools, employers, Child Protection Services

• Participating as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned clients

• Providing active case consultation

• Documenting all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client’s clinical record, providing appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records

• Positively promotes Sunspire Hilton Head to prospective clients and employees.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree Preferred, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience accepted

• LAC, LPC, LCSW, LMFT or NADAC certification preferred: associate or certification in process accepted