Job Details

Job Details

Job Location
Abilene - Abilene, TX

Position Type
Full Time

Education Level
2 Year Degree

Travel Percentage
Negligible

Job Shift
Any

Job Category
Health Care

Description

Reports to:

Program Manager

Positions Supervised:

None

Status:

Non-Exempt, Full Time

Summary/Objective

The Counselor Intern is responsible for providing case management care and services to client and families through intake assessment, individual counseling, group therapy, and case coordination with all interested parties through discharge and aftercare.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide direct care services; manage a client caseload in accordance with generally accepted case management strategies and in compliance with contract(s) requirements
• Provide information/referral to clients and families of client with a substance abuse problem and families of clients or anyone who may request help as an individual associated with a person with a chemical use problem
• Conduct intake assessments using the multidisciplinary assessment or the Addiction Severity Index and develop treatment plan jointly with client, family, and other treatment team members, (to include Criminal Justice officers) ensure that appropriated required paperwork is completed and signed.
• Obtain necessary information from clients to complete billing forms.
• Conduct group and individual therapy sessions with clients. Document client's progress, length of session, and date on appropriate progress/chronology note.
• Develop discharge plans/summaries and refer clients to appropriate inpatient/outpatient/after-care sources as clinically indicated.
• Prepare educational material and other items needed to facilitate educational and didactic groups
• Comply with TDSHS, TDCJ, DFPS, PRS and ABODE Treatment, Inc. standards relating to client care and documentation.
• (Residential only) Assist in resident monitoring as required by contract(s) including resident pass and furlough approval.
• Participate in residential disciplinary proceedings, as needed.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by Clinical Supervisor, Program Manager, Facility Direct and Clinical Training Institute Coordinator.

• Associates degree in Behavioral Sciences, Criminal Justice, or related fields. Bachelors degree or higher preferred. (Exception for LCDCs licensed prior to September 9, 2008: Additional years' experience, in excess of the required three [3] years, may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.)
• Counselor Intern license from TDSHS; must maintain current license for continued employment

• Knowledge of Chemical Dependency as a disease and the Alcoholics Anonymous (12-Step) model of recovery process
• Specific knowledge of family, vocational, legal, cultural and other sociological problems associated with chemical dependency to include dual diagnosis
• Specific knowledge of individual and group counseling theories and techniques
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary staff
• Specific knowledge of another addictive behavior and how to apply the 12-Step and chemical dependency treatment models to those additions
• Ability to demonstrate discretion and judgment; must conform to confidentiality guidelines
• Customer service orientation
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Clear criminal history