JOB DESCRIPTION
PosItion Title: LICENSED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION: YFOP
REPORTS TO: Merlyn Estes and Alicia Saldana
FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
Pay: $44,000 - $48,000
SUPERVISES: NO
TRAVEL: Occasionally
Job Summary
The LCDC is responsible for conducting screenings, assessments, intakes, and orienting client's into program. Responsible for managing a caseload, including providing individual and group counseling sessions, documentation of client progress and participation, treatment plans and reviews and discharging planning. Manages crisis situations and is available for consultation with counselor interns. Provide clinical supervision and oversight of counselor interns, always available for consultation and reviewing and approving documentation in the system and hard copy files.
Required Education and Work Experience
- Must be designated as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
~AND~
- One (1) to two (2) years related experience and/or training required.
~AND~
- Bachelors in Social Services, Human Relations, Social Science, Psychology or related field from a university from a regionally accredited college/university (preferred).
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Conducts orientation to program and develops psychosocial history and treatment plans for clients within time frame specified in program level of service.
- Maintains client files according to DSHS and Joint Commission standards.
- Maintains referral log in client record and facilitates individual, family and group sessions to include alcohol and drug education, as assigned by Program Director.
- Participate in consultation with treatment team and other appropriate agency department to accomplish treatment goals. Teach relevant knowledge about living skills, drugs abuse and their effects, social attitudes, and laws about drug use, as well as other related topics, in both individual and group settings. Conduct individual and group counseling sessions.
- Remains current with community resources and completes all required and relevant documents, including documentation of client services.
- Attend agency trainings and continues to acquire proper Continuing Education (CE) hours.
- Provides required documentation to utilization reviewers for coordination of client care.
- Responsible for completing all discharge paperwork within time frame established by agency policy and submit to appropriate person/department and conduct follow-ups after sixty days of discharge.
- Develop and maintain a positive, professional working relationship with the staff, clients and community; Complies with Aliviane Inc. Confidentiality Policy assuring that agency/program/employee records/information is protected at all times;
- Understands, accepts, implements and promotes Aliviane Inc. Mission Statement, program/department goals, philosophy and objectives; Serves as a role model for employees, clients and community partners.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position requires the ability to move throughout the community and occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Sensitivity and ability to work with people of various races, cultures and socioeconomics levels. Maintain files according to licensure and accreditation, including timeframes.
- Ability to diagnose substance abuse disorders and determine level of care and eligibility; to manage client behavior and crisis situations; and to apply conflict resolution skills to situations.
- Knowledge of chemical dependency and alcoholism, addiction, co-dependency, and related disorders; of counseling techniques; and of recovery processes.
- Skills in interviewing; in listening; in counseling clients and patients; and in the operations of computer and applicable computer software.
- Ability of screen and evaluate clients; to counsel and instruct clients; to implement rehabilitative and chemical dependency treatment programs; to communicate effectively; and to train others
- Ability to help develop psychosocial histories, treatment plans and progress notes that are accurate and clinically sound; and to contribute to input, as well as receive feedback in weekly staff meeting and bi-weekly supervision sessions.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.