OARS Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) or Counselor Intern (CI)

Job Title : OARS Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) or Counselor Intern (CI)

Salary Range : Dependent on qualifications and experience

Summary:
Counsels and aids individuals and families requiring assistance dealing with substance abuse problems, such as alcohol or drug abuse, by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Interviews clients, client intake process, review records, and confers with other
professionals to evaluate condition of client;
• Maintains a caseload of OARS clients (Funded, Medicaid, and or a combination)
• Formulates with client treatment plan and program for treatment;
• Counsels clients individually and in group sessions to assist client in overcoming
alcohol and drug dependency;
• Counsels family members to assist family in dealing with and providing support
for client;
• Refers clients to other support services as needed such as medical evaluation
and treatment, social services, and employment services;
• Monitors condition of client to evaluate success of therapy, and adapts treatment
as needed;
• Prepares and maintains reports and case histories;
• CMBHS client data entry;
• Maintains client files in compliance with State Regulations and CARF Standards;
• Formulates and conducts programs to promote prevention of alcohol and drug
abuse;
• Schedules and attends client case treatment reviews meetings;
• Enforces clients fees by utilizing the Welcome Station/Methware System;
• Addresses and reinforces the client program rules, policies and procedures;
• Maintains client attendance log in client files for program attendance compliance;
• Attends CTI training weekly and maintains all CTI hours documented in a Binder
for verification (CI only);
• Processes caseload individual intakes as scheduled and acquire QCC signature
(CI only);
• Assist in clinical supervision to counselor interns and QCC as needed (LCDC
only);
• Assists in urinalysis collections for all programs; and
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Department Supervisor, Clinical
Director and or CEO;

Certificates, Licenses, Registration
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with one year experience in substance abuse
treatment.