Job Description

Action Staffing Solutions is seeking experienced and compassionate Addiction Counselor.

Position Summary:

This position provides substance use disorder services to the inmate population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following. Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

• Serves as consultant for unit staff regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
• Monitors inmate treatment and documentation to assure compliance with standards and to assure continuity of care.
• Assures accurate Information System behavioral health needs levels, and provides group, brief, and individual treatment.
• Provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in behavioral health care and treatment of inmates.
• Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies.
• Provides crisis intervention in conjunction with clinical standards regarding mental health professional privilege level.
• Documents both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate behavioral health records.
• Communicates directly with inmates regarding their behavioral health care such as consequences of maladaptive behavior and desired and undesirable effects of prescribed behavioral health medication.
• Listens to inmate concerns and provides counseling and direction.
• Communicates to advise, counsel, inform and/or guide staff within the clinical unit, the facility, clinical and administrative supervisors and outside agencies to ensure continuity and direction of behavioral health care.
• Communicates and responds to complaints, problems, transfers, classifications, and inmate behavioral management issues.
• Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable professional, departmental, organizational and unit standards.
• Promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.
• Completion of required training as assigned.
• Report all incidents, accidents, or potential hazards in accordance with established policies.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or higher in a counseling specialty.
• Addictions counselor license or certification preferred, but not required – To qualify without your addictions counselor license/certification, you must have already completed your master’s degree and be working towards licensure.
• American Heart Association BLS

Schedule and Benefits

• Flexible day shift schedules available
• Hourly compensation from $27/hr - $54/hr depending on experience & license/certification type (local, speak with our recruiters for travel requirements and rates)
• Benefits including health, dental, vision and life insurance

• Weekly Pay!
• Travel and local assignments are available (minimum travel requirements apply)
• Dedicated staff ready to help you every step of the way
• Competitive pay ensuring that you’re fairly compensated for your valuable skills and dedication

Action Staffing Solutions is proud to offer fair and equal employment opportunities for everyone. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to any non-merit factor.

The duties, responsibilities and other details in this job description may be subject to change at any time. The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor of the skills and abilities required.

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