Contact:
Frankie Moore
HR Resources Director
5600 E 8th Ave
Spokane WA 99212
Phone: 509-533-6910
Fax: 509-535-2863
Chemical Dependency Professional
The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
Counselors
$16.15 to $22.63 DOE
Work in Spokane, Washington
40 hours per week
830am
to
500pm
Equal Opportunity Employer
Chemical Dependency Professional
Position Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct the self-help program for the inpatient population, as well as group and individual counseling, and family education. Participate in weekly staff meetings, clinical staffing and treatment team conferences.
DUTIES:
1. Participate in planning and implementation of individual patient master treatment plan.
2. Conduct self-help, individual, group and family education sessions. Conduct assessments so as to arrive at theoretically sound case management.
3. Maintain personal interaction with patients on the unit and provide modeling to encourage positive behavior in patients.
4. Evaluate and monitor patient behaviors, assessing the degree of improvement and/or the need for referral to a higher level of care.
5. May be asked to address public meeting, clubs, schools, classes, etc.
6. Counsel patients and families in aftercare planning, including placement and follow-up care with community (tribal, service units, school districts, etc.)
7. Provide support to the Treatment Technicians within a team environment.
8. Participate in call rotation to be available to program staff during off hours.
9. Observe and assess behaviors and objectively communicate these behaviors in a manner that is professionally sound.
10. Make presentations to groups on chemical dependency subjects/issues.
11. May provide direct supervision to counselor interns as assigned by Treatment Manager.
12. Provide progress notes, discharge summaries, point sheets, target forms, cdmis forms, and other forms of documentation utilizing the chemical dependency information system.
13. Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
1. Washington State Department of Health CDP license
2. Availability to work shifts and weekends
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
4. Basic computer skills including word processing
5. Organizational skills
6. Excellent interpersonal skills
7. Ability to work independently
8. Ability to handle stress in a positive manner
9. Physically able to take part in outings such as biking and hiking
Preferred:
1. Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field
2. Experience lecturing/teaching
3. Case management experience
4. Two years experience working with chemically dependent adolescents with one year of experience in an inpatient treatment program
5. Current driver’s license with good driving record
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling 10 pounds, occasionally. Mostly sitting, may involve standing or walking for brief periods of time.
2. BENDING/STOOPING/CROUCHING – Occasionally
3. REACHING – Occasionally
Extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
4. HANDLING – Occasionally
Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand(s). Fingers are involved only to the extent that they are an extension of the hand, such as to turn a switch or shift automobile gears.
5. FINGERING – Occasionally
Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
6. TALKING – Frequently
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or to the public and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
7. HEARING – Frequently
Perceiving the nature of sounds by ear.
MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Average ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles
2. Average ability to understand meanings of words and to use them effectively; to comprehend language, understand relationships between words and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. NOISE INTENSITY LEVEL
Normal-level conversation happening frequently
2. DEALING WITH PEOPLE
Work situations that involve interpersonal relationships in a job setting beyond giving and receiving work instructions.
3. MAKING JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS
Work situations that involve solving problems, making evaluations, or reaching conclusions based on subjective or objective criteria, such as the five senses, knowledge, past experiences, or quantifiable or factual data.
4. EQUIPMENT USED
Uses typical office equipment such as computer, calculator, telephone, and copy machine.
Chemical Dependency Professional
This position has been listed under the following classifications:
[Counselor ]