Addiction Counselor

3 months ago

New York, United States NYC Health + Hospitals Full time

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities. The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

• Screening and assessing patients in need of addiction or detoxification treatment.
• Developing appropriate evaluation reports and /or psycho-social/addiction histories for new patients.
• Making decisions regarding frequency and intensity of treatment during intake and assessment process.
• Interviewing and providing counseling to patients admitted to addiction treatment program or detoxification unit.
• Providing individual and group theme-centered therapeutic services and conducting educational groups dealing with the disease of addiction and transition of recovering persons, etc.
• Providing family therapeutic counseling services and leading groups dealing with alcohol, drug and chemical dependency education, co-dependency, dynamics of dependency on the family structure and children of substance abusing parents, etc.
• Negotiating and providing direction to patients regarding contingency contracting, (appointment scheduling, screening mechanisms, etc.)
• Providing home visits, follow-up and aftercare, as necessary
• Identifying and isolating specific problems of patients, assisting in obtaining entitlements.
• Providing clinical and treatment direction to subordinate staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Any individual working in a NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)-Certified Treatment
Program or newly-hired into the System in the title of Addiction Counselor in a NYC Health + Hospitals health care
setting must have proof of completion of OASAS “Supporting Recovery with Medications for Addiction Treatment
(MAT)” training.
For Assignment to Level I
1. Valid Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) - Level 1 Certificate issued by the
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS); or
2. Is otherwise considered a Qualified Health Professional (QHP) based on licensure, certification and/or
registration along with appropriate experience and/or training as defined in Section 800.3 (l) of the OASAS
Treatment Services: General Provisions, Title 14 NYCRR Part 800
(/documents/800.pdf).

How To Apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply Now" button. In addition, you can submit your resume to with the Job Title and Job ID # of the job posting that you applied to in the subject line of the email.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week Retirement Savings and Pension Plans Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities Multiple employee discounts programs

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