Job Description
Location: Newfield, NJ 08344 Date Posted: 11/28/2024 Category: Therapy Education: Bachelor's Degree
Delta-T Group connects professionals with client opportunities within the special education, social service, behavioral health, and disability sectors. With over 35 years in business, we have built a reputation for referring highly qualified professionals for rewarding short and long-term independent contract opportunities.
This role has potential to be a long term contract.
Client's Schedule: In need of evening shift 1:00pm - 9:00pm Monday - Friday.
Our client is seeking a
Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor in New Field, NJ.
SUMMARY OF CLIENT'S DESCRIPTION OF THIS OPPORTUNITY Each substance abuse counselor shall be responsible for the following:
1. Assessing the counseling needs of the clients;
2. Assessing clients using the ASI or using other standardized assessment tool and diagnosing clients for substance disorders using the DSM;
3. Determining the appropriate level of care based on ASAM PPC;
4. Obtaining previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode;
5. Collaborating with the client in order to develop a written treatment plan that is client-centered and recovery oriented and includes goals and measurable objectives.
a.The director of substance abuse counseling shall develop, monitor and provide clients and the treatment team with written schedules that will be used to update each client treatment plan(s) in order to ensure that each client's treatment needs are addressed;
6. Providing the substance abuse counseling services specified in the client treatment plan;
7. Reviewing clients throughout the treatment episode according to ASAM PPC, to determine the need for continued services or discharge/transfer;
8. Reviewing and, where necessary, revising the substance abuse counseling portion of the client treatment plan to address emerging problems;
9. Developing the client discharge/transfer plans to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care;
10. Contacting referral sources, providing case consultation, and coordination with referral sources (for example: mental health treatment providers, criminal justice agencies, schools, employers, the Department of Children and Families);
11. Participating as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned clients;
12. Providing active case consultation; and
13. Documenting all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client's clinical record, providing appropriate signatures and dating of such entries, including those made in electronic records.
14. Provide individual, group and family counseling; didactics; treatment planning and case management as required per licensing standards (residential or ambulatory according to program) for a caseload of clients
15. Formulate measurable individualized Treatment Plans and Treatment Plan Reviews for each client on caseload
16. Maintain clinical portion of clients’ charts as per the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and CARF guidelines, ensuring that all documentation is up-to-date as per Straight & Narrow’s Policy on Timeframe for Documentation in Clients’ Charts
17. Attend regularly scheduled multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT) and present information for Treatment Plan or Treatment Plan Review for clients on caseload
18. Attend individual and group supervision with Clinical Supervisor as scheduled
19. Provide clients on caseload with referrals to other agencies (i.e., health, psychiatric, vocational rehabilitation and public assistance) for concurrent and/or continued care as part of case management as necessary
20. Provide crisis intervention to clients as necessary
21. Submit documentation to Supervisor daily for any/all sessions held with clients on that day
CLIENT'S SCHEDULE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY * Up to 40 Hours per week
CLIENT'S REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE * Must have either CADC or LCADC License
* TB, Physical, MMR Titers
* Background Check
* Must meet the License(s) requirement
* Must have experience with adolescent population(Preferred)
* Must have experience working with the drug and alcohol population
DTG'S ADVANTAGES * Establish a relationship with one of the nation's largest referral agencies for educational and behavioral-health.
* Compensated processed weekly
* Increase or decrease your schedule at your discretion: choose opportunities that best fit your schedule
* Ability to grow professionally
* Access to a broad array of client opportunities
COMPANY MISSION Delta-T Group's mission is to provide cost-effective, reliable referrals, and innovative referral solutions, for the social services, behavioral health, allied health and special education fields, for the betterment of independent behavioral health professionals seeking new opportunities and those needing care and support.
Title: Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LCADC/CADC) - Great Compensation! Quick Start! Class: Counselor - Substance Abuse Type: TEMPORARY Ref. No.: 1291516-1 BC: #DTG107
Company: Delta-T Group North Jersey, Inc. Contract Contact: Contract Submit NJ Office Email: [email protected] Office Phone: 800-426-0932 Office Address: 1460 Route 9 North, Suite 300, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
About Us: Each Delta-T Group office is separately incorporated. Delta-T Group is a referral service for self-employed independent contractors seeking behavioral healthcare education and social service supplemental marketplace opportunities. Delta-T cannot guarantee any number or duration of referrals or opportunities as a result of your registration. When and if opportunities become available, you may accept or decline such referrals at your sole discretion.
Job Tags
Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, Self employment, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,