Primary Therapist

Modern Recovery Services

5d•Remote

About The Position

Provide recovery education to clients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance. Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses regarding recovery. Assist/coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery. Facilitate the transition from professional services to community-based services. Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services. Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests. Provide hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.). Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency. Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers. Ability to provide services via video conferencing/teletherapy when determined appropriate for clients and the organization. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy, couple/family therapy, and group therapy. Telehealth will occur primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone and/or other audio/video communications.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Addictions, or related field of study from an accredited college or university
Licensed in the state of Arizona as LAC, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, LASAC, or LISAC
Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement)
Must be able to provide Level 1 fingerprint clearance card
Individuals must understand and respect everyone's unique path to recovery.
A person must have a working knowledge of the drug and alcohol treatment system and a demonstrated commitment to the recovery community.
A person must be comfortable working with both adolescent and adult populations.

Responsibilities

Provide recovery education to clients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance.
Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses regarding recovery.
Assist/coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery.
Facilitate the transition from professional services to community-based services.
Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.
Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests.
Provide hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.).
Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
Provide services via video conferencing/teletherapy when determined appropriate for clients and the organization. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy, couple/family therapy, and group therapy. Telehealth will occur primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone and/or other audio/video communications.