Group Life Counselor I

Sea Mar Community Health Centers • Bellingham, WA

2d • $21 • Onsite

About The Position

On call Group Life Counselor position available for our Visions Youth Treatment Center in Bellingham, WA. Visions is an inpatient rehabilitation center designed to provide culturally sensitive chemical dependency services to high-risk adolescent females who require care and empathy to help in dealing with substance use disorder. This is an entry level position that is part of the multi-disciplinary treatment team providing direct services to patients in a residential setting. Direct services may include the following: group, care, intake procedures and evaluation, individual and group counseling, milieu management, and supervision of patients. Services are provided to high-risk, co-occurring substance use and mental health.

Requirements

• AA in Psychology, Sociology, Human Services or related field is required.
• Candidate must have at least one-year experience working with high-risk or in treatment patient care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organization, and willingness to contribute to the group and team overall.
• Will be required to follow other instructions/duties as assigned by supervisor.

Nice To Haves

• BA preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office products and other medical software and electronic processes is a plus.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Chemical Dependency Professional/Trainee in providing and referring clients to other treatment /service programs in the facility and in the community as needed.
• Monitors the clients, log all activities in the log book, do laundry for youth clients, clean up, and be responsible for graveyard shift activities. Group Life Counselors will also assist counselors: They will attend groups with clients who are more volatile to provide extra support, attend AA meetings with clients, and monitor clients while the clients are completing housework and during quiet time. They will serve food if necessary.
• Able to identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
• Provides all physical care of patients required to meet their physical and emotional needs, consistent with agency policy and applicable licensing WAC's.
• Completes daily logging, Extraordinary Incident Reports (EIR's), medication logging, etc. on time and accurately.
• Other duties assigned as necessary by supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees