Lead Counselor (Pomona Women's Center)

HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.

Health RIGHT 360 offers residential treatment services designed to serve individuals and families with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our program helps clients address addiction and related issues , increase skills, manage stressors, connect to supportive service, and build a foundation for lasting recovery. Residential programs run 24/7 and Individual and group therapy, family therapy, individualized case management, treatment planning, drug and alcohol counseling, Medication support services, and crisis intervention.

Benefits And Perks

• HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
• Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Work with mission driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.
  
  

The Lead Counselor I is a registered or certified substance use disorder professional who maintains registration from an approved/accredited California agency. The Lead Counselor I works in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure best possible treatment outcome for the client and provide treatment in accordance with HealthRIGHT 360’s philosophy, goals, policies, mission and vision.

Acts as the Counselor I Shift Lead and coordinates assignment and rotation of facility coverage. The Lead Counselor is responsible for coordinating lunch breaks, facility rounds, donations, visiting coverage, meal monitoring, detox rounds, and behavioral rounds. The Lead Counselor I provides supervision and oversite of the clients and children throughout the facility with shifts ranging to provide 24/7 coverage. The Lead Counselors I provide facility coverage by supervising the clients during: chores, visiting hours, meal times, medication line, detox, donations, groups, and free time. The Lead Counselor I is customer service focused and is quick to take the lead in providing crisis intervention and client stabilization. The Lead Counselor I has a high degree of self-awareness and the ability to stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

Direct Service: A. Maintains a high degree of self-awareness and the ability to stay calm under pressure. B. Demonstrates strong crisis intervention and client stabilization skills and is skilled at motivational interviewing. C. Assists clients with intake, assessment, and orientation to program upon admission. D. Utilizes trauma informed care while applying crisis intervention, motivational interviewing, and supervision of the clients. E. May monitor medication line as needed or assigned.

Clinical Documentation: A. Write and complete all progress notes within 72 hours of service delivery. B. Maintains compliance with due dates for all clinical documentation. C. Documentation must maintain in compliance with agency policy and procedures, HIPAA, 42-CFR, DMH, and SAPC standards. D. Documents all client UA’s using the UA form and a progress note.

Program Coordination: A. “Leads by example” and sets the tone of responsibility, trauma informed care, and client customer service. B. Responsible for ensure shift exchange occurs and is documented through email for all shift exchanges (Morning, Swing, Graveyard).

Requirements

• Registration as Substance Abuse Counselor from an approved/accredited California agency.
• Experience - Preferably a minimum of two years’ experience in the human service field and demonstrated expertise in substance abuse treatment, relapse prevention, and recovery.
• Experience working with clients experiencing acute withdrawal from substances
• Knowledge of and experience with providing trauma informed services
• Experience delivering evidence-based practices
• Must complete a background check and livescan
  
  

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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