Substance Addiction Counselor - CAC, CAADC, CADC

VitalCore Health Strategies • Ogden, UT

6h • Onsite

About The Position

VitalCore Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a Part-Time, Day Shift Substance Addiction Counselor at Weber County Jail in Ogden, UT. This role offers the opportunity to utilize training, skills, and experience in a face-to-face setting with individuals from diverse backgrounds, making a tangible impact on their lives during challenging times. The counselor will work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, collaborating with Medical, Psychiatry, Ancillary, Security, Legal, community providers, and psychiatric hospitals.

Requirements

• Graduation from a Bachelor's level program or higher
• Minimum of 2 years employment in a clinician/counselor/social work capacity in a public or private agency or equivalent preferred.
• Must have a substance use certification (i.e., CAC, CADC, CAADC, LADC)
• Must receive a satisfactory background investigation report

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication skill
• Excellent and timely documentation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis stabilization, complete intakes and on-going evaluations, and provide consultation to in-house and community services.
• Assess individual’s level of functioning, strengths and weaknesses related to primary substance use diagnosis.
• Orient individual to treatment process/program goal.
• Deliver and reinforce evidence-based treatment/curricula.
• Develop treatment and discharge plans in conjunction with Qualified Behavioral Health Professionals.
• Perform individual and group therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
• Deliver and score/interpret pre and post-tests, to include post-program surveys, as indicated.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Provide the timely and necessary preparation of documentation, records and reports.
• Educate individuals on the effects of substance use on their physical, social and emotional lives.
• Participate in monthly behavioral health calls and work collaboratively with the medical team to best determine overall treatment for each individual.
• Work with other professionals to collaborate on treatment or management of the patient, including discharge into aftercare programs/community.
• Perform risk assessment of clients; coordination of care with interdisciplinary team including medical staff, community providers, psychiatric hospitals and corrections; and discharge planning.
• Assist in planning and implementing the goals and objectives of programs and projects.
• Utilize clinical skills such as prioritizing treatment needs; crisis management; brief clinical interventions including CBT and Motivational Interviewing.
• Make independent clinical decisions, while utilizing assistance and supervisory intervention, as needed.

Benefits

• Holiday Pay: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Identity Theft Protection
• Animal/Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center
• 401K
• PTO
• Annual Incentive Bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level