Substance Use Disorder Counselor - Detox

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our team in driving a healthier future. Fairview is an award-winning nonprofit health care system with more than 35,000 employees. We are committed to high value health, superior outcomes, and an exceptional experience at a lower cost of care. Based in Minneapolis with clinics, hospitals, and facilities located throughout the state, we deliver care for people at all stages of life, and we serve patients who come to us from a variety of backgrounds. Passionate, innovative employees are essential to our future as we seek to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives. Innovations in care delivery include trauma-informed and integrative care, HUB sites where patients can access co-located and integrated behavioral health care, EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) units, and Recovery Services. The SUD Counselor, working in conjunction with the treatment team and under the direction of the Clinical Systems Manager, Supervisor, Lead Psychotherapist/Counselor, and/or Charge Nurse, is responsible for the therapeutic implementation of the SUD treatment program for clients. This includes planning, coordinating, and delivering SUD counseling services and developing relationships with family members and concerned persons.

Requirements

If working with adolescents: Has completed a minimum of 30 hours course work or one 3-credit semester college course in adolescent development
If working with adolescents: Has 150 hours of supervised experience as an adolescent counselor either as a student or staff member
18 years of age or older (21 years old if primary position is in the Adolescent Residential Program)
No felony conviction or have been incarcerated as a result of a felony conviction in the last three years
Has not had a chemical use problem during the last two years
Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC) or temporary license under special considerations

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in human services, counseling, psychology, or other related
1-3 years preferred. Experience with specific age population.

Responsibilities

Oversees and facilitates comprehensive assessment process for individual clients.
Completes comprehensive assessments as required
Reviews result of all assessment components and develop a summary of needs
Develop treatment plan, which addresses problems identified through assessment
Develops treatment plan and goals
Actively involves the client and the family in the development of a treatment plan
Communicates/consults with internal and external members of treatment team.
Makes referrals for additional services as needed and follows up to assess client acceptance of/or appropriateness of referral
Actively involves client in assessing progress on treatment goals and develops a workable plan for continuing recovery.
Utilizes family and community resources to enhance client’s recovery plan
Regularly reviews and updates to reflect client status.
Produces reports/summaries documenting client progress
Facilitates one or more of the following components of treatment: orientation, as needed: Individual counseling, Group counseling, Lectures and family groups, Facilitates recreation activities, Workshops, psycho-education and skills groups
Uses community resources in making discharge plans
Plans activities that bring services, resources and/or people together within a planned framework of action toward achievement of established goals
Identifies needs that cannot be met by the program and assist the client to utilize support systems available
Completes appropriate documentation of care coordination activities
Develops personally and professionally.
Utilizes clinical supervisor and staff to feedback regarding needs
Develops a plan to meet those needs
Fulfills licensing and accreditation requirements regarding professional development
Participates in process improvements
Identifies improvement opportunities
Assess the impact and quantification
Tests and helps to implement solutions
Maintains awareness of funding issues that may affect client outcomes and completes all related tasks
Demonstrates the ability to advance evidence based practice by utilizing standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information into practice to continually improve care and practice so that patient outcomes are enhanced.
Promotes a culture of evidence based practice by participation in any of, but not limited to, the following activities: Utilizing evidence based policies in clinical practice, Attends and participates in learning opportunities about evidence based practice, Membership in hospital or unit based practice council/research council, Evidence based practice project (e.g. policy development or poster presentation), Journal club, journal article critique and circulation, Literature review, Development of standard/pathway/guideline for patient care, Presentation, Research study