Addictions Therapist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides individual and group counseling services to assigned individuals on a daily basis.
• Responsible for meeting the required hours of direct service on a weekly basis to achieve 70% productivity based on billable services provided.
• Attends and participates in case conferences.  Utilizes input from those meetings to update treatment plans and/or incorporate treatment strategies discussed.   Ensures that case consultations for each assigned member are completed within required timeframes.
• Makes referrals to other Consortium units, outside agencies, or support networks.   Follows-up on referrals to ensure continuity of care. Follows up on referrals related to discharge within 30 days.  Ensures all referrals and follow-up efforts are documented.
• Develops and maintains complete clinical records including biopsychosocial, assessments, treatment plans, annual evaluations, progress notes, case conferences, IOP authorization, discharges and other clinical and administrative documents in a timely manner. Ensures charts adhere to established chart sequence, date order, and that all documents are present.
• Completes assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, discharges, and other clinical and administrative documents in accordance with agency, managed care, accreditation, licensing, and State and local requirements and standards. Regularly checks to ensure that content, signatures, credentials, dates, times, service types and legibility meet standards.
• Provides clinical assessments and crisis management in consultation with supervisor, psychiatrist and/or treatment team, as required. Responsible for monitoring individuals in crisis on the unit. Assist with coordinating hospitalization procedures, if necessary. Interfaces with members of multidisciplinary areas to ensure provision of effective clinical services, which includes psychiatrist as needed.
• Attends bi-weekly individual supervision and bi-weekly group supervision. Comes prepared with an agenda to discuss items such as successes, concerns, ideas or follow-up items.
• Attends and completes trainings and seminars per departmental, agency, managed care and regulatory requirements. Requirements for specific training courses and/or hours of training must be met within designated time frames. Submits verification of course completion to supervisor in a timely manner.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree, Master's degree or equivalent in an accepted discipline from an accredited college or university; and two years paid related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.