Substance Abuse Counselor

10 hours ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States WestCare Foundation Full time
Job Title: Substance Abuse Counselor

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Substance Abuse Counselor to join our team at WestCare Foundation. As a Substance Abuse Counselor, you will play a vital role in providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to clients participating in our SUD program.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Complete assessments of each client using required assessment tools.
  • Initiate and sustain each individual's motivation to participate in treatment, using techniques of engagement including therapeutic relationships, individual counseling, and brief interventions.
  • Develop comprehensive service plans for each participant, including results of assessments, and short- and long-term treatment goals and objectives.
  • Prepare monthly reports for WestCare and outside agencies.
  • Conduct client drug tests.
  • Communicate with outside agencies if clients do not fulfill all expectations of the program.
  • Provide daily treatment and curriculum-based education groups on therapeutic communities, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment, and stages of change.
  • Maintain individual client treatment files in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
  • Maintain all information according to the laws of confidentiality.
Requirements:
  • Clinical certification as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor from the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA), or a licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical professional counselor pursuant to the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act [225 ILCS 107]; or a licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker pursuant to the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act [225 ILCS 20].
  • Two years of experience providing alcohol and substance abuse counseling services.
  • Knowledge of offender populations, criminal subcultures, cultural differences, substance abuse assessment tools, therapeutic community concepts, and various specialty treatment categories.
  • Bilingual skills (Spanish) and experience with intake duties are preferred.
Working Conditions:

The work is primarily performed in a professional setting. Some outdoor activities may be required.

The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or without accommodation:

  • Requires mobility and physical activity, including standing and walking, sitting for extended periods, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to 50 pounds.
  • Requires talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
  • Requires hearing, receiving and communicating detailed information through oral communication.
  • Requires seeing, clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at distance.


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