Maintains complex caseload, including conducting comprehensive assessments, preparing individualized treatment plans. Maintains regular contact with insurance providers to report client treatment progress and obtain required certifications for continued stays. Reports caseload activities and progress to supervisor.
Prepares and conducts group counseling or therapeutic encounter sessions to address specific social or psychological issue to promote the development of effective life skills to support a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
Prepares and conducts individual counseling sessions to assist dual-diagnosis clients with overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making life changes.
Develops and implements complex treatment and discharge plans for clients with dual diagnoses, social or mental health issues; and conducts intensive or comprehensive interventions (family or domestic violence counseling, etc.).
Designs, implements, and integrates intensive service programs for the site to address particular social or psychological problems affecting portion of client population, e.g., domestic violence, sexual assault, grief, etc.
Serves on variety of department or site committees necessary to plan and evaluate treatment programs and client services. Develops and contributes to improvement of treatment protocols, procedures and outcomes.
Documents treatment plans, narrative progress notes, interventions, treatments, evaluations, discharge summaries, and treatment plan reviews. Maintains client records and charts to ensure organizational, regulatory, accreditation, and contractual standards.
Serves as a professional resource to clinical team by auditing client records to ensure compliance with required documentation and service delivery; provides assessments of special needs clients; and consults with clinical staff to resolve complex case problems by implementing case-appropriate procedures, modalities and techniques.
Develops and conducts in-service and continuing education programs on subjects related to assigned specialty for other Counselors or Technicians.
Performs other duties as they might be assigned, including providing clinical supervision to clinical team as needed.