Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS)

Amethyst Consulting & Treatment Solutions, PLLC is seeking for a Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Treatment Counselor who will be responsible for performing outpatient addictions treatment, completing comprehensive clinical assessments, treatment plans, follow-up therapy and case management for adults residing in a transitional living complex for homeless persons and families that are in substance abuse recovery. The ideal professional plays a crucial role in guiding individuals through recovery process and assisting them in achieving and maintaining sobriety.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for developing & coordinating the Person-Centered Plan
Coordination & oversight of initial and ongoing assessment activities & ongoing assessment activities
Initial development & ongoing revision of PCP
Monitoring of implementation of Person-Centered Plan.
Provide direct intervention & also arrange, coordinates, & monitors service on behalf of the client such as: Individual counseling and support; Group Counseling; training or support; biochemical assays to identify recent drug use, develop strategies for relapse prevention to include community/social support systems in treatment, life skills, crisis contingency planning; disease management, and treatment support activities the MH/DD/SA population.
Services is provided in any location, whether group or individuals
Provide case management to arrange, link, or integrate multiple services as well as assessment & re-assessment of the need for services.
Inform the consumer about benefits, community resources, and services, accessing benefits and services
A Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS) will be on call to cover all nights, weekends, and holidays.
LCAS is expected to return all calls within 15 minutes.
LCAS will use their professional judgment to access client’s situation. If it is a life-or-death emergency the LCAS will call 911 immediately.
If a situation requires a face-to-face evaluation, the evaluation will be initiated within 2 hours of receiving the emergency call.
If crisis cannot be deescalated, the LCAS will contact Nurse Practitioner/ MD on-call.
Caseloads Ratio: Adults 1:12; Adolescent 1:6
LCAS will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the service and demonstrate their clinical expertise and skill level by successfully completing a clinical interview.
Team will be under the clinical supervision of a CCS or a LCAS who is on site a minimum of 50% of the hours the service operation.
Employment Type: Part-Time position with the potential for Full-Time.

Employment type
Part-Time

Work arrangement
No