Job Details

Description

Position: Full-Time Substance Abuse Counselor

Facility: Manitowoc County Jail

Location: Manitowoc, WI

Hours: 30 hours/week

Pay: Up to $28/hour, depending on experience

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Clinical activities that may be requested: facilitation of substance use groups, discharge planning, and substance use screening and counseling during incarceration

• Assess participants utilizing NIDA compliant tools

• Identifies risk factors of substance use, withdrawal, intoxication, overdose, and relapse

• Engages in relapse prevention efforts, including psychoeducation, coping skills development, and community referrals

• Develops strategies to manage triggers and trauma history

• Provide substance use screening and counseling of detainees referred by facility staff, medical, or as identified by the courts

• Refer identified detainees, who may benefit from behavioral health intervention to onsite qualified mental health professional

• Coordinate with custody and medical staff in the management and treatment of detainees with identified risk of withdrawal and those eligible for MAT services

• Coordinate with county behavioral health services for continuity of care, prevention efforts, and discharge planning via sharing of pertinent patient information

• Complete documentation of assessment and treatment, as well as maintain records for referral tracking and CQI.

• Maintains records, prepares reports, and composes correspondence relative to the work.

• Create and maintain high performance standards in all aspects of program

• Always maintain a professional attitude

• Facilitate training, if needed

• Perform related duties as necessary to the operation of the facility’s programs

• Act as liaison with other service providers, both in the agency and in the outside treatment community, as needed

• Any and all other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School diploma; Associate or Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred, from an accredited college

• Current licensure with clinical specialty from the appropriate state licensing board

• Active CPR certification

• Experience in individual and group counseling preferred

• Two plus years’ experience counseling people with substance abuse challenges OR an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job

• Knowledge and training in substance abuse and related health issues (i.e., HIV, Hepatitis C, etc.) and recovery protocols including the 12 step programs

• Knowledge of the local treatment community and referrals

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with medication assisted treatment (MAT) preferred

• Commitment to abide by standards of professional ethics and maintain confidentiality, including confidentiality

• Must be able to practice independently