POSITION SUMMARY:

Person in this position will be responsible for screening and assessing clients and providing a variety of functions in relation to substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for clients participating in the program. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Supervise case manager. Complete screening and assessment of each client with required assessment tools. Initiate and sustain everyone’s motivation to participate in treatment by using techniques of engagement, including therapeutic relationships, individual counseling, and brief interventions based on the stages of change. Develop a comprehensive Wellness and Recovery Plan service plan for each client that includes the results of assessments, and short- and long-term treatment goals and objectives of the client (the service plan is developed with the input of the client). Provide daily treatment and curriculum-based education groups on the basic concepts of therapeutic communities, emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and the stages of change, communicable diseases, cognitive skills, conflict resolution, fundamental social skills, and personal moral development. Assist clients in the development of self-help groups, such as AA/NA, which offer clients an opportunity to support one another in recovery. Maintain individual client treatment files in accordance with agency policies and procedures, including documentation of vocational/educational activities, as well as all other pertinent documentation, and ensure files are securely stored. Supervise clients, including planning and scheduling therapeutic activities. Maintain all information according to the laws of confidentiality as required by the Federal Register, General Provisions, Title 42, Chapter 1, Part 2, which prohibits making disclosures without the specific written consent of the client, or as otherwise permitted by such regulations. Attend all required staff development training, including cross-training and WestCare in-service training, such as conducting assessments, clinical skills, developing service plans, basic TC concepts, emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and stages of change, cognitive skills, conflict resolution, social skills, moral development, communicable diseases, and self-help groups.  Develop discharge plans. Must Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision, and goals of WestCare Foundation; and Perform all other duties as assigned.