Position Summary:

The Substance Abuse Counselor schedules and facilitates individual and group counseling activities, completes clinical documentation, develops individual treatment plans, and assesses program participants. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.

Essential Job Functions:

Utilizes counseling and psychotherapy to evaluate and treat emotional and mental problems and conditions, whether cognitive, behavioral, or affective; Conducts interviews and makes assessments of potential clients, in order to determine need and appropriateness for program participation and referrals; Conducts individual counseling sessions with assigned program participants; Schedules and facilitates group counseling sessions, ensuring that each program participant assigned to his/her caseload participates in scheduled activities; Keeps a working knowledge of the treatment progress and behavior(s) of assigned program participant(s) and those of other staff as needed; Analyzes situations and takes necessary actions to provide crisis intervention in a manner that is consistent with WestCares Code of Ethics; Participates in the decision to refer program participants for ancillary services, (i.e., family support groups, continuing care groups, etc.); Completes documentation required for clinical records and other reports as assigned; Refers assigned program participants to other staff members, such as a psychiatrist or psychologist as required; Assists other WestCare staff as needed to promote cooperation and portray a professional image to the community; Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goals of WestCare Foundation; Performs any other duties as assigned.