PSCS A/D Associate Counselor
About The Position
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.
Requirements
- Candidates must be certified by the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists as a Certified Associate Counselor.
- Employees assigned duties requiring the operation of a motor vehicle must possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.
- Must be fluent in spoken and written English.
- Must effectively and respectfully communicate with diverse populations, providing services to individuals with different beliefs, behaviors, and interpersonal styles in confinement or community settings.
Nice To Haves
- Professional working fluency in Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, or any other language is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Perform screening as needed on incarcerated individuals entering the institution utilizing the TCU Drug Screen 5.
- Score the instrument and complete the Screening and Assessment Result form documenting the results and provide the form to case management.
- Maintain original testing instrument in treatment files.
- Assess incarcerated individuals as needed using the TAP to identify incarcerated individuals needing substance abuse treatment services.
- Score and add the results of the TAP to the Screening Assessment Result form and provide to case management.
- Develop incarcerated individuals files to maintain original testing instruments.
- Provide substance abuse treatment on an individual basis twice monthly and two group sessions a week for two groups with approximately 15 members.
- Facilitate one aftercare services group weekly.
- Documentation of all group and individual notes to include treatment plans and discharge summaries in incarcerated individuals files.
- Maintain contact with internal and external resources such as community based addiction providers in support of providing aftercare services.
- Participation in continued professional development through educational training.
- Completion of monthly statistics on substance abuse treatment activities.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental
- vision plans
- six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
- ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
- fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
- up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
- at least twelve (12) holidays per year
- State pension
- supplemental retirement options
- Release time for job-related CEU training
- Reimbursement of costs of licensure or certification as required by clinical specialty
- Tuition reimbursement available through the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
