TITLE: BA Level Supportive Counselor SUD
RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Director
WORK AREA: Outpatient sites and Community
SUMMARY:
Lodestar's Supportive Counselors are responsible for helping those with chronic illness, mental health issues
or life-altering conditions to gain access to rehabilitation programs and other community services.
Their duties include meeting with consumers, connecting consumers with professional services and
maintaining consistent communication with consumers to assess their wellbeing and make changes
to their treatment plan as needed.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Assessing Consumers’ physical and mental wellness, needs, preferences and abilities and
using these to develop tailored care plans
Working with Consumers, support networks and health care professionals to put care plans in
place
Listening to Consumers’ concerns and providing counseling or intervention as required
Recording Consumers’ progress including charting referrals, home visits and other notable
interactions
Evaluating Consumers’ progress periodically and adjusting as needed to improve outcomes
Following up with discharged Consumers to ensure they were satisfied with services, and they
are still in good physical and mental health
Monitoring consumers over time to access treatment progress.
Collaborating with additional resources to provide a well-rounded scope of practice.
Identifying behaviors that interfere with treatment and recovery.
Assisting primary caregivers to manage addiction-related behavior.
Perform Additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
A bachelor's degree in Behavioral Science and/or Human Service or related field.
Compassionate and able to relate to different Consumers with various needs
Motivational to encourage Consumers to follow their care plans
Strong verbal and written communication skills to explain to Consumers, family members and
friends and professionals the case and care plan and maintain good case records
Critical thinking and problem solving to determine the best care plan for each Consumer after
assessing Consumers, analyzing notes from health care and social workers
Flexibility to change care plans if they are not getting the best results
Organization to manage several different cases at once
Computer literacy to maintain and manage case records
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Weekends as needed
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