Substance Use Disorder Counselor
Company: NAMI San Diego
Location: San Diego
Posted on: October 31, 2024
Job Description:
Company Description: NAMI San Diego & Imperial Counties
(National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit organization
that provides free education, support services, and advocacy to
improve the quality of life of everyone affected by mental
illnesses.
Primary Responsibilities/Function: Next Steps is an integrated care
program funded by San Diego County to address the physical health,
mental health and substance use needs of participants along with
their needs for food, clothing, shelter, transportation and other
social services. Staff provides clients and family members who
visit the San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital (SDCPH) and its
Emergency Unit with onsite support and resource information that
promotes successful recovery and reentry into the community. The
team consists of trained Peer Support Specialists, Substance Use
Disorder (SUD) Counselors and Behavioral Health Clinicians, most of
whom have lived experience with serious mental illness, substance
use or a co-occurring disorder or have a family with lived
experience. Staff offer services that are culturally and
linguistically appropriate.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide brief ASAM screenings to clients referred from the
hospital.
- Provide orientation to the program and the concept of
recovery.
- Develop and implement crisis and recovery plans.
- Provide brief individual and group recovery services,
information, education, linking to community resources and recovery
options.
- Provide a variety of interventions including brief individual
counseling, crisis intervention, collateral services and other
relevant recovery-related services to clients.
- Establish trusting relationships and collaborate with clients,
family members and/or significant others to facilitate client's
recovery.
- Provide education to clients and their significant others
regarding substance misuse.
- Participate in treatment team meetings in conjunction with
clinical staff as needed.
- Prepare and implement discharge plans.
- Integrate recovery concepts with sound theoretical and
practical applications of brief rehabilitative and individual,
group and milieu counseling principles.
- Display regular and reliable attendance. Report to and depart
from work on time, as scheduled.
- Successfully function as a team member.
- Accurately document patient progress and every interaction
correctly on forms and into computerized record system in a timely
manner.
- Comply with all NAMI SD/IC and program rules, policies and
procedures, including HIPAA requirements, to maintain strict
confidentiality.
- Deliver short term-support and crisis services as
needed.
- Provide messages of hope and recovery to clients, family
members and significant others.
- Establish and maintain supportive relationships with patients
and their families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability: SUD Counselors report to the director of the Next
Steps program.
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.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a
computer.
- Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
Minimum Requirements:
- Possess a state-approved SUD certification or registration
through CAADE or CCAPP upon hire and maintain active certification
while employed.
- AA degree preferred.
- Prefer self-identified as a peer or family member of a
peer.
- Knowledge of San Diego County's behavioral health and social
services.
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in
writing.
- Experience in community mental health and the peer recovery
model preferred.
- Able to work with minimal direction and supervision.
- Comfortable working in a psychiatric hospital based behavioral
health service setting.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced
environment.
- Able to set priorities and react appropriately to emergency
situations.
- Basic knowledge of computer software (Microsoft Office, Word,
Excel), email and web navigation.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Available to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required
by contract. Schedule is usually Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday
through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Willing and able to drive personal car for work purposes and
transport clients as appropriate.
- Have valid California driver's license and comprehensive
automobile insurance as required by law.
- Have a satisfactory driving record and be willing to sign an
authorization to enroll in the Department of Motor Vehicles'
Employee Pull Notice Program.
- Will not be debarred or excluded from participation in Federal
programs by the General Services Administration and/or the
Department of Health and Human Services of the Inspector
General.
- Clear TB Test.
- Added plus: bilingual and bicultural in Spanish, Arabic,
Vietnamese, or Tagalog or other Asian language.
Due to our work with vulnerable populations and county contractor
requirements, applicants will be required to undergo a background
check following a contingent offer of employment and must receive
satisfactory results prior to a final offer of employment. If you
have any questions regarding this requirement, please feel free to
reach out to HR@namisd.org.
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Keywords: NAMI San Diego, San Diego , Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Other , San Diego, California
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