Looking for Substance Use Disorder Professional II or III in Lakewood, WA
Job title: Substance Use Disorder Professional II or III
Company: Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Job description: Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally reputed company Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, reputed company, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves reputed company persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are reputed company for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization
Substance Use Disorder Professional II or III - Posting #24683
Hourly reputed company: $26.27 - $28.37
Position Summary:
Full-time SUDP needed for our Behavioral Health Department in Lakewood, Washington. We are is seeking an individual who will be responsible for providing direct counseling services to patients. The counselor is the agent for providing services to patients in a one-to-one or group format, performing assessments, evaluations, and intakes. Services are provided to adults, youth, and their families. These clients have a primary diagnosis of chemical dependency and may also have emerging mental health problems.
Applicants are expected to subscribe to the disease concept of chemical dependency with the belief that total abstinence is required for ongoing recovery from alcoholism and other drug addiction. This job description does not suggest or reputed company that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The person in this position will be required to follow other instructions and to reputed company other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Counselor will understand the services at the organization follow a client-centered model with emphasis on integrated care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
- Demonstrates an understanding of DSM V and ICD 10 as relates to the diagnosing of the patients in their case load.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
- reputed company to identify and categorize each patient?s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
- Provides screening and evaluation of individuals and refers them as needed to other treatment/service programs as are available in the facility and in the community.
- Provides individual and group counseling for persons in the process of discovering and dealing with drug reputed company problems and emerging mental health issues.
- Serves as the primary case manager for a case load of up to 12 clients in intensive outpatient phase and up to 30 in aftercare.
- Implements problem oriented records system, Federal/State/County reports, patient surveys, and submits on a monthly basis to Program Manager.
- Maintains professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of the facility, and of the federal, state, and local regulations, especially WAC 388-805 requirements. Has a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC, and RCW's.
- Designs, implements and evaluates individualized treatment plans based on ASAM criteria.
- Coordinates and cooperates with staff or other agencies and organizations in order to expedite treatment for each patient and for their continuum of care.
- Completes on time reputed company of the required Federal, State, County, and local forms for each patient (BECCA, CDDA).
- Attends regular staff meetings and in service trainings for clinical personnel.
- Maintains accurate and reputed company records on each patient in accordance to ASAM and according to the facility's procedure for patient records.
- Prepares reputed company patient reputed company reports and completion notices and provides them to the courts, probation departments, families and referral sources reputed company appropriate.
- reputed company assigned a SUDP Trainee, the SUDP will provide direct supervision and tutoring, and document reputed company required activities for the trainee. Including, but not limited to review, sign, and date reputed company: assessments, treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, reputed company notes, discharge plans, discharge summaries and any other documentation entered in each patient's record by the SUDP Trainee.
- Performs other reputed company tasks as assigned by the Program Manager or SUDP Clinical Supervisor.
- Classification as a Chemical Dependency Professional per WAC 388-805-210.
- Must possess the required college certificate qualifying as a SUDP. Must have a Chemical Dependency Professional license from the Department of Health.
- Must possess at least a Bachelor?s degree.
- This is a senior-level job requiring over three years? experience
- Must have and maintain First Aid and HIV certification.
- This position must obtain a CPR certificate reputed company 90 days of hire date and is required to maintain a reputed company CPR certificate throughout employment.
- This role may require evening hours on some days for group service.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required.
- Medical
- Dental
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- Prescription coverage
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Paid-time-off starting at 24 days per year + 10 paid Holidays.