Counselor III - Full-time - AAMC

Luminis Health Title: Counselor III Department: Luminis Health/Behavioral Health Pathways Reports To: 20002-10035-0006360 Cost Center/Job Code: 20002-10035-000899 FLSA Status: Non – Exempt Position Objective: This position serves as primary counselor, case manager, and group facilitator for patients with primary substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our treatment philosophy is based on evidence based practices and multiple pathways to recovery; all staff collaborate to provide a treatment environment of learning, growth, and individualized clinical interventions to foster patient success. Essential Job Duties: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Provide assessment and counseling to individuals and groups along with integrated case management: Provide biopsychosocial assessment to patients as assigned. Provide collaborative treatment planning, case management, discharge planning and linkage with appropriate level of care and/or community resources. Conduct individual counseling sessions per level of care while establishing therapeutic alliance and maintaining effective working relationships with patients. Determine patient strengths; integrate patient’s expressed goals and measurement based care into treatment planning including achievable steps with specified target dates and documenting/recognizing patient’s progress. Facilitate psychoeducational and/or therapeutic groups as assigned and may be responsible for group coverage due to vacancy or absence. Demonstrate knowledge of ASAM, DSM V criteria, Evidence Based Practices, and medications used in substance use treatment, relative to the assessment, reassessment, and treatment of patient needs throughout the episode of care. Maintain chart documentation, under supervision as required, according to Joint Commission, COMAR, Luminis Health and Pathways’ requirements. Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team: Provide back-up support to multi-disciplinary staff as needed including supervision of treatment environment if needed. Conduct drug testing (and searches as applicable) in accordance with regulatory standards, clinical judgement, and level of care requirements. Collaborate with other Pathways Counselors and staff to manage emergent and complex patient problems, concerns or other issues including cross-coverage of patients assigned to other counselors as needed. Participate in clinical and multi-disciplinary team meetings and supervision along with in-service and other assigned trainings. Work collaboratively with all patients and staff to ensure that care is delivered to each patient based on their unique needs, strengths, values and preferences. Luminis Behavioral Health provides multiple levels of care; every staff member has a role in our patients’ success and staff may be asked to work in other areas of admission or treatment as needed. Educational/Experience Requirements: Required Minimum Education. The minimum level of education for this position includes a Master’s degree along with college level coursework in addiction. Preferred: Master’s degree in Counseling,Social Work or Education from an accredited college or university . An applicant with 8+ years of direct addiction counseling experience may substitute current Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Approval as CSC-AD Supervisor for the Master’s Degree requirement. Required Minimum Experience : Three years of work experience in behavioral health care including individual and group counseling for individuals with substance use disorders is required. Teaching experience at high school level or higher, along with 2 college level Addiction Internships, may be substituted on a 1:1 basis for up to 2 years of required behavioral health experience. Required License/Certifications: Current certification as a CAC-AD from the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists is require…