SUBSTANCE USE COUNSELOR (ATS)

Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center

Job title: Substance Use Counselor

Work Location: Emma L. Bowen CSC, 520 West 135****th Street New York, NY 10031

Division/Department: Addiction Treatment Services

Reports to: Program Director

n Full-time Days: Monday-Friday

o Part-time Hours: 35 hrs per week

n Union o Per Diem

o Nonunion o Consultant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The counselor provides assessment and treatment as well as education and
  training to clients and their families. The appropriate candidate has experience
  working with clients with co-occurring mental illness.
• Specifically, the substance use counselor will be responsible for:
• Conducting substance use assessments and comprehensive psychosocial evaluations.
• Meeting with clients for ongoing individual counseling
• Leading group counseling sessions
• Providing crisis intervention as needed.
• Providing psychoeducation to clients and their family members
• Maintain case records in EHR to ensure continued treatment planning, referrals, and follow up
• Providing referrals to other providers within the agency and outside agencies as needed and monitoring clients’ compliance with referral.
• Coordinating client care with other behavioral health care providers including psychiatrists, behavioral health therapists, case managers and primary and specialty care providers.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bilingual Spanish Preferred
• CASAC-T, CASAC License or LM/CSW or LMHC
• 1-4 years of experience
• Must be comfortable utilizing telemedicine platforms and video conferencing systems
  Personal Qualities: Looking for a team player and strong communicator