Job Description
Job Title: OARS Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) or Counselor Intern (CI)
Salary Range: Dependent on qualifications and experience
Summary:
Counsels and aids individuals and families requiring assistance dealing with substance abuse problems, such as alcohol or drug abuse, by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Interviews clients, client intake process, review records, and confers with other
professionals to evaluate condition of client;
- Maintains a caseload of OARS clients (Funded, Medicaid, and or a combination)
- Formulates with client treatment plan and program for treatment;
- Counsels clients individually and in group sessions to assist client in overcoming
alcohol and drug dependency;
• Counsels family members to assist family in dealing with and providing support
for client;
• Refers clients to other support services as needed such as medical evaluation
and treatment, social services, and employment services;
• Monitors condition of client to evaluate success of therapy, and adapts treatment
as needed;
- Prepares and maintains reports and case histories;
- CMBHS client data entry;
- Maintains client files in compliance with State Regulations and CARF Standards;
- Formulates and conducts programs to promote prevention of alcohol and drug
abuse;
- Schedules and attends client case treatment reviews meetings;
- Enforces clients fees by utilizing the Welcome Station/Methware System;
- Addresses and reinforces the client program rules, policies and procedures;
- Maintains client attendance log in client files for program attendance compliance;
- Attends CTI training weekly and maintains all CTI hours documented in a Binder
for verification (CI only);
• Processes caseload individual intakes as scheduled and acquire QCC signature
(CI only);
• Assist in clinical supervision to counselor interns and QCC as needed (LCDC
only);
- Assists in urinalysis collections for all programs; and
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Department Supervisor, Clinical
Director and or CEO;
Certificates, Licenses, Registration
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with one year experience in substance abuse
treatment.
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