Substance Use Disorder Counselor - Kansas City
- Missouri Kansas City, KS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conducts assessments for referred clients and documents findings.
- Completes initial consumer treatment plans based upon the assessed need of the consumer.
- Attends periodic meetings with designated team members to assist in the development of a consumer's treatment plan.
- Provides direct services, including individual counseling, group counseling, group education, family education/therapy.
- Responsible for managing a caseload of consumers consistent with state standards and regulatory requirements as assigned
- Maintains timely, clear, concise and well-organized information in the electronic health record of services provided.
- May record qualifying diagnosis for review and approval of Licensed Counselor if Qualified Mental Health Professional Criteria are met.
- Assesses, monitors, evaluates and records consumer participation, progress, and adjustment against measurable recorded treatment goals in a timely manner.
- Provides services at multiple sites, as required.
- Thorough knowledge of social work, behavioral sciences and allied disciplines involved in the evaluation, care and rehabilitation of persons suffering from mental illness or emotional disturbance
- Knowledge of individual, group and family psychodynamics as they relate to addiction
- Considerable knowledge of the social bases of behavior, such as the psychology of interpersonal relationships, group processes, and organizational and systems theory
- Considerable knowledge of individual differences, such as personality theory, human development, and abnormal psychology
- Thorough knowledge of diagnostic criteria and application of the DSM IV-R
- Knowledge of community resources used in the provision of services
- Knowledge of State regulatory requirements as it relates to practice of social work and substance use disorder
- Ability to collect and analyze information in making diagnostic decisions concerning a consumer's treatment
- Ability to establish a professional and therapeutic rapport with consumers; to assist, and exercise tact, patience, respect and understanding of others
- Ability to recognize symptoms of substance use disorder and to elicit information from individuals necessary for therapeutic interventions
- Ability to work effectively with persons from diverse cultures and backgrounds and to respect individual differences
- Ability to maintain organized consumer records in accordance with certification requirements
- Certified or registered as a substance use professional by the Missouri Credentialing Board, Inc.,
- Is an LPC, PLPC, LMSW, LCSW, physician, psychologist, or nurse practitioner licensed in the state of Missouri.
- Has at least one year of full time equivalent experience in the treatment or rehabilitation of substance use disorder.