Counselor II

Tarzana Treatment Centers•Long Beach, CA

3d•$28 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. is seeking a full-time, onsite Counselor II for its Outpatient Department. The role serves patients with substance use disorders and often co-occurring disorders as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary treatment team. The Counselor II provides individual counseling, facilitates groups, and offers crisis intervention in a supportive environment, emphasizing the 12-step model and client-centered care. The position's duties vary across programs and may include assessment and treatment planning, individual and family sessions, group facilitation, progress-note documentation, case conferences, referrals, discharge planning, patient testing, outreach, and coordination with clinical and administrative colleagues. The position also requires adherence to agency policies, professional ethics, patient confidentiality, and applicable regulatory and program standards.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Completion of an academic Addictions Studies Program.
Certification by CADTP, CCAPP, or CAADE.
Three years of experience in a behavioral healthcare setting.

Nice To Haves

For Youth Services: experience in youth services, including work with runaways, victims of abuse, and pregnant or parenting youth; the posting states a minimum of “five (2) years.”
For Youth Services: training in urinalysis testing and analysis from qualified agency staff, a urinalysis testing organization, or a County department.
For Youth Services: knowledge of psychosocial developmental tasks, adolescent physiological development milestones, family and generational influences on substance use, adolescent high-risk behaviors, legal issues in adolescent treatment, and mandatory reporting laws.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention as needed.
Attend weekly individual and group supervision, in-service training, educational workshops, and required staff meetings.
Communicate and cooperate with staff regarding patient behavior, progress, and activities.
Maintain professional conduct and follow agency philosophy, policies, ethics, boundaries, and patient-confidentiality requirements.
Complete, review, and update ASAM assessments within program policy timeframes.
Initiate individualized treatment plans for assigned patients, coordinate with case managers and multidisciplinary team members, and complete integrated summaries and treatment-plan updates.
Participate in initial and continuing case conferences within program policy timeframes.
Document comprehensive progress notes in patient medical records according to applicable JCAHO, state, county, agency, and contractual standards.
Facilitate educational groups using approved curricula and program schedules.
Schedule and conduct regular individual sessions with assigned patients at least weekly, or more often as appropriate or directed.
Conduct family or conjoint sessions as needed and, where appropriate, contact family members or significant others to complete family assessments.
Review patient therapeutic writing assignments and provide assistance or feedback as needed.
Administer waived tests, including urine pregnancy, blood glucose, breath alcohol, urine drug screen, HbA1c, COVID-19, influenza A+B, and fentanyl urine tests, and maintain required annual testing training.
For HIV programs, provide counseling and testing, document and track results, provide comorbidity education, maintain caseload and service/referral documentation, and enter and report service data.
For detox and inpatient programs, review available assessments and medical records; develop treatment plans; complete case conferences and integrated summaries; document patient progress and case-management activities; coordinate referrals and discharge planning; and report patient status to Utilization Review personnel.
For detox and inpatient programs, facilitate educational and process groups and contact internal and external entities to help address patients' legal, financial, housing, medical, psychiatric, and discharge-planning needs.
For youth services, conduct and document random urinalysis testing, submit daily client billing for data entry, support discharge planning, provide crisis intervention, conduct monthly community outreach, and attend community meetings as appropriate.
For youth services, obtain and be cleared by LIVE SCAN to work with TTC Youth Clients.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Director, Program Director, or Administration.