Counselor Intern (PAID POSITION)

Catholic Charities USA • Clifton, NJ

2d • $17 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

The Substance Abuse Counselor intern functions as an integral part of the treatment team and provides individual, group, family, didactic and case management services to clients on his/her caseload while ensuring that the requirements of all regulating bodies are met.

Requirements

• Must have an AA/AS/BA/BS/MA/MSW degree.
• Computer literacy and the ability to type is a must.
• If counselor does not have either a CADC or LCADC, must be actively pursuing one or the other.
• Must complete CADC or LCADC within three (3) years from date of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Electronic Health Records a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assessing the counseling needs of the clients
• Assessing clients using the ASI or using other standardized assessment tool and diagnosing clients for substance disorders using the DSM
• Determining the appropriate level of care based on ASAM PPC
• Obtaining previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode
• Collaborating with the client in order to develop a written treatment plan that is client-centered and recovery oriented and includes goals and measurable objectives.
• The director of substance abuse counseling shall develop, monitor and provide clients and the treatment team with written schedules that will be used to update each client treatment plan(s) in order to ensure that each client's treatment needs are addressed
• Providing the substance abuse counseling services specified in the client treatment plan
• Reviewing clients throughout the treatment episode according to ASAM PPC, to determine the need for continued services or discharge/transfer
• Reviewing and, where necessary, revising the substance abuse counseling portion of the client treatment plan to address emerging problems
• Developing the client discharge/transfer plans to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care
• Contacting referral sources, providing case consultation, and coordination with referral sources (for example: mental health treatment providers, criminal justice agencies, schools, employers, the Department of Children and Families)
• Participating as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned clients
• Providing active case consultation
• Documenting all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client's clinical record, providing appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records.

Benefits

• For full time positions, we offer medical, vision, dental, life and supplemental life insurance.
• Accidental and Critical Illness Insurance, 403B with employer match, Paid Time off (PTO), in house training seminars, two training days for certified professionals.
• SN also offers supervision for those individuals trying to become licensed in NJ as a LCADC/CADC, LSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC and LMFT.
• We participate in employee discount programs such as the Working Advantage program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees