Substance Use Counselor- CADC
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About The Position
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), is a leading not-for-profit organization providing healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities. For over 150 years, LSSI has made a difference in the lives of children and families, and we're still a strong, viable presence in the State of Illinois, continuing that commitment to making a difference. LSSI is hiring a full time ACT Substance Use Counselor, Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team on the Northwest side of Chicago. ACT Services consist of integrated crisis, treatment and rehabilitative supports provided by an interdisciplinary team to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. ACT Services are intended to promote symptom stability, management of comorbid health conditions, and appropriate use of psychotropic medications, as well as to restore personal care, community living, work and social skills. ACT Services encompass counseling and therapy, medication management and monitoring, skill building, and crisis stabilization services. ACT Services focus on the restoration of functional skills (e.g., psychosocial, adaptive, self-care) to promote and maintain community living. The ACT Substance Use Counselor functions as a counselor/case manager providing services to clients with severe mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders utilizing a harm reduction approach. They will assist with assessment, provide individualized addiction counseling, and concrete case management services that are client-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed.
