Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryMental & Behavioral Health
About the job
Requirements
AOD/SUDT certification from a California state-accredited certifying body.
Either a bachelor's degree in a behavioral health field and one year of experience in a substance abuse or behavioral health treatment facility, or a high school diploma or equivalent GED plus a combination of behavioral health education and work experience totaling at least two years.
Knowledge of therapeutic community processes, methods, and design, including small-group dynamics.
Ability to relate well to students and supervise faculty.
Understanding of human emotions.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressure generated by association with substance abuse students.
Ability to demonstrate proper attitudes and techniques to residential students.
Understanding of the causes, symptoms, and effects of substance abuse.
Responsibilities
Lead and participate in group, individual, and therapeutic processes under the supervision of a certified behavioral health professional.
Participate significantly with students in determining short- and long-range goals and treatment plans.
Conduct welcoming and thorough intake interviews to ensure students’ basic necessities are met, and provide additional support in special circumstances as necessary.
Serve as a student advocate by providing a hospitable social environment and remaining educated on incoming and continuing students’ individual stories.
Evaluate the comprehensive social, legal, and personal histories of students, and interact with students’ families, attorneys, probation or parole officers, and other significant individuals or agencies.
Observe, record, and evaluate changes in students’ appearance, behavior, and demeanor while maintaining accurate and timely sensitive student records; evaluate emergencies and take appropriate action.
Learn, maintain, and restore Amity’s standards for physical environments, and create a well-organized, maintained, culturally diverse, interesting, aesthetically pleasing, and clean community environment for students.
Frequently follow up on students’ daily community-living progress, ensure students are provided with personal necessities, and teach them to establish and maintain a clean, inviting, and hospitable living environment.
Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly student activities that are engaging, interesting, and challenging.
Develop and maintain skills in preparing, setting up, and hosting Amity community seminars, gatherings, and ceremonies.
Collaborate with the community to define the community, acknowledge accomplishments and special events, and teach the community’s vision and values.
Learn how to support ceremonies and conduct them properly.
Attend in-service sessions, training workshops, and conferences, and maintain continued learning in community building and teaching skills throughout the year.
Prepare reporting and documentation required by Amity and contract compliance.
Protect students’ health, safety, welfare, and confidentiality of student records.
Provide training and guidance as a demonstration to students and teach good work habits.
Assist in supervising interns and volunteers.
Participate in community-building activities, faculty staffing, and other activities required by the position.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Salary Range: 24 to 27 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-hour-wage)
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a Substance Abuse Counselor this groundbreaking opportunity not only will allow you to work with our prison programs helping the re-entry population, but will also enhance your training and experience in the field.
About the Position:
Certified Substance Abuse Counselors are responsible for providing group and individual sessions and related rehabilitative treatment services to substance abuse students in a residential setting. Provides direct services and related rehabilitative treatment services to substance abuse students in a therapeutic community setting.
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What You Will Do:
Leads and participates in group, individual, and therapeutic processes under the supervision of a certified behavioral health professional. Participates significantly with students in determining short and long-range goals and treatment plans.
Conducts welcoming and thorough intake interviews to ensure students’ basic necessities are met. Provide additional support in special circumstances (i.e. quarantine, etc.) as necessary.
Serves as a student advocate by providing a hospitable social environment by remaining educated on incoming and continuing students’ individual stories.
Complies evaluates the comprehensive social, legal, and personal histories of students. Interacts with student’s family, attorney, probation/parole officer, and other individuals or agencies of significance to the student.
Observes, records, and evaluates changes in appearance, behavior, and demeanor of the student, while maintaining accurate and timely student records of sensitive nature. Evaluates emergencies and take appropriate action
Responsible for learning, maintaining, and restoring, when necessary, Amity’s standard for physical environments. Creates a well-organized and well maintains community environment that is culturally diverse, interesting, ascetically pleasing, and clean for the students.
Frequently follows up with students’ daily community living progress. Ensures the student is provided with personal necessities and is taught how to set up and maintain a clean, inviting, and hospitable living environment.
Prepares daily, weekly, and monthly student activities that are engaging, interesting, and challenging. Develops and maintains skills in preparing, setting up, and hosting Amity community seminars, gatherings, ceremonies, etc.
Collaborates with the community as a whole to define the community, acknowledge accomplishments, and special events and teach the vision and values of the community. Learns how to support ceremonies, and how to conduct them properly.
Attends in-service, other training workshops, and conferences. Maintains individual continued learning towards community building and teaching skills throughout the year.
Prepares reporting and documentation as required by Amity and contract compliance. Protects students’ health, safety, welfare, and confidentiality of student records.
Provides training and guidance as a demonstration to students and teaches good work habits.
Assists in the supervision of interns and volunteers.
Participates in community building activities, faculty staffing, and other activities as required by the position.
Performs other related duties as assigned
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What You Will Bring:
AOD/SUDT Certified from a California state-accredited certifying body.
Bachelor's degree in a behavioral health field and one year experience in a Substance abuse or behavioral health treatment facility OR High School diploma or equivalent G.E.D., and a combination of Behavioral health education and work experience totaling a minimum of two years and knowledge of therapeutic community processes, methods, and design, including small-group dynamics.
Demonstrated ability to relate well to students and supervise faculty.
Understanding of human emotions.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressure generated by association with substance abuse students.
Demonstrates proper attitudes and techniques and techniques to residential students.
Understand of causes, symptoms, and effects of substance abuse.
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What We Offer:
Medical, Dental, and Vision.
Paid vacation, sick time, & holidays.
401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs
An organization committed to community action
Community-oriented workplace
Salary range and description
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