ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Experience and Competencies:
- Experience collaborating with individuals suffering from mental health and substance abuse disorders.
- Must be capable of obtaining and interpreting information regarding the individual’s biopsychosocial needs and is knowledgeable about alcohol and other drug disorders.
- Must possess knowledge and competency to understand an individual’s chemical dependency, substance abuse, and personality dynamics, including cultural and criminal sub-cultures.
- Must have experience in developing schedules for groups and facilitating group sessions.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Intake and assessment experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion.
- Ability to work well in a team environment.
- Adherence to the highest standard of ethical conduct, especially to standards governing confidentiality.
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Must be culturally/linguistically sensitive to populations served.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- Graduation with a four-year degree in Addiction Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Community and Human Services, Rehabilitation Counseling, or related field or equivalent experience is required.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
- Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain and maintain WestCare’s vehicle insurance is required.
- CADC is preferred.
- CPR Certification, First Aid Certification preferred.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Work is performed in an office or indoor setting.
- Some travel will be required to trainings and conferences.
- Local travel is associated with participating in stakeholder meetings and other potential meetings to fulfill the requirement of the Next Chance Workforce grant.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:
The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or without accommodation:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in an office, residential, or outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to fifty pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems is required which includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the hands (typing, writing, and working with files). Requires the ability to defend oneself and individuals in physically abusive situations using approved physical de-escalation techniques.
- Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to employees, individuals, patients, and the public, and in those activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate detailed information through oral communication.
- Requires seeing: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at distance. This factor is required to complete paperwork for many of the employee’s essential job functions and to observe individual behavior and activities in and out of the facility.
- The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body fluids or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal protective equipment will be readily available to every employee.
MENTAL DEMANDS:
- Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
- Requires the ability to work and cooperate with individuals, co-workers, managers, the public and employees at all levels to exchange ideas, information, instructions, and opinions.
- Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings.