Substance Abuse Counselor, New Connections

Job title: Substance Abuse Counselor, New Connections

About the Role Substance Abuse Counselor, New Connections provides mental health and substance abuse counseling to groups and individuals admitted to New Connections. Facilitates individual and group therapy, conducts assessments, develops treatment plans and maintains complete treatment record, including discharge and aftercare.

What You'll Do

• Conducts assessments with clients and collaboratively establishes appropriate treatment plans.
• Provides mental health and substance abuse treatment using both individual and group therapy modalities for clients in the treatment process.
• Maintains current documentation of all clinical services provided in accordance with departmental standards.
• Maintains awareness of community resources to facilitate client placement/referral to meet identified client needs.
• Works collaboratively with other care-providers within the department as well as with other departments and clinics in the medical center.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the various substance abuse and mental health treatment approaches.
• Maintains a working knowledge of medications used in the treatment of clients experiencing or diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse/addictions conditions/disorders.
• Understands and uses the most recent DSM manual and ASAM criteria for determining diagnostic needs for clients.
• Willingness to train other staff on substance abuse or mental health treatment.
• Maintains knowledge of the civil commitment and criminal processes to work more effectively with clients who are referred from both the civil and criminal court systems.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication.
• Utilizes holistic approaches to assessing and providing services to clients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• CADC (Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor) Certification.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication.
• Understanding and application of the most recent DSM manual and ASAM criteria for diagnostic needs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with care teams and other departments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Benefits include retirement (IPERS), education assistance, employee health & wellness, PTO, free parking, health insurance, supplemental insurance, 529 college savings plan and more.
• Work Shift: 8a-4:30p.
• Broadlawns Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.