GLC II

## GLC IIApplylocations: Seattletime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR102010Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organizationThe Group Life Counselor II is a mid-level Human Service position that is part of the multi-disciplinarytreatment team providing direct services to patients in a residential setting. Direct services may includea combination or all of the following: group care, intake procedures, evaluation, individual and groupcounseling, milieu management, evaluation, and supervision of patients. Services are provided to adultsand out-of
- control, high-risk, chronic runaway youth and their families. These adults and youths have aprimary diagnosis of chemical dependency and may also have mental health problems. A mid-levelperson is expected to have a, “moderate to complete” understanding of how to provide the directservices listed above. This

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does not suggest or imply that these are the only duties to beperformed by this employee. The person in this position will be required to follow other instructionsand to perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Duties and ResponsibilitiesAs a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based onthe belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhancesself-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,culturally-aware services.
Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to anexcellent client experience by:
• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technologyAs a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to theirutmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may beassigned.
• Maintains professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of theagency, as well as applicable federal, state, and local regulations, especially WAC 8-388-877requirements.
• Gains a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC's, WIG's, and RCW's.
• Attends regular staff meetings and in-service training for clinical personnel.
• Completes all staff responsibilities as required, with emphasis on timeliness and accuracy.
• Supports the Chemical Dependency Professional/Trainee with the patient's individualizedtreatment plan as designed and implemented by the treatment team.
• Supports the Chemical Dependency Professional/Trainee in providing clear and accuratebehavioral observations of clients, screening and evaluation of psychological, social, andemotional problems and works under their supervision to refer clients to other treatment /service programs in the facility and in the community as needed.
• Provides group counseling for persons in the process of discovering and dealing withemotional, social and behavioral problems with attentions on building self-esteem, problemsolving skills, healthy communication habits and tools needed to develop a positive peerculture.
• Demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age, gender,and sexual preference of the patients served.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Able to identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those forinfant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
• Completes daily record keeping as directed by the Program Manager, following the structureof the problem
- oriented patient records system.
• Completes daily logging, Extraordinary Incident Reports (EIR's), medication logging, etc. ontime and accurately.
• Prepares current patient progress reports and completion notices and provides them to thecourts, probation departments and referral sources when appropriate.
• Completes on t