Co-Occurring Specialist

Description

Welcome to Pathways of California's career website! If you are passionate about helping others and enthusiastic about your future, we want you to join our team!

Our company is known for an unwavering commitment to exceptional value and recovery-focused, quality care. We are experts in the field of behavioral health care, providing cutting-edge mental health and substance use community-based services and offer a dynamic employment experience! Pathways offers competitive salaries and benefits, comprehensive on-boarding and job training, a supportive learning environment, ongoing education in the use of evidence-based, promising practices and much more! We have over 30 outpatient behavioral health locations nestled throughout our communities located in Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County.

Pathways is seeking an innovative and purpose driven individual to join our team as a

Co-Occurring

Specialist for our Catalyst program.

Catalyst

is an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program. Catalyst provides full service partnership services to Transitional Age Youth (TAY) ages 16 to 25 with a serious mental illness, and who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in San Diego County. Catalyst's ACT team provides comprehensive, individualized services in an integrated and continuous manner. Services are collaborative and recovery-oriented, and treatment includes: psychiatric assessment, medication management, individual therapy, substance abuse treatment, co-occurring disorders treatment, supportive housing, resource linkage, advocacy, family psycho-education and therapy, supportive employment and education development, legal assistance, community integration services, peer support and group counseling.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM

Manages and coordinates the substance abuse clinical/program modalities. Participates in program structure/design with therapeutic supervisor and provides clinical evaluation, treatment planning and individual and group counseling. The Co-Occurring Specialist is an

entry-level

position with co-occurring counseling experience

Pay: $23-$26

Does the following apply to you?
College level courses related to treatment of chemical dependency required and A.A. degree preferred
Requires a current Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor or is completing the required hours for certification
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and professions Credentialing (CCAPP Credentialing)

About your role:
Provides individual, family and group counseling to adults and adolescents with substance abuse problems
Determines causal relationship between substance addiction, socio-economic factors and personality traits
Designs and implements treatment plans identifying goals to be achieved
Coordinates with other treatment team members when specialized services required
Works cooperatively with community agencies in the coordination of rehabilitation services for clients
Counsels family members of clients to provide emotional support and provide information
Reviews case records and refers clients to medical or psychiatric services as appropriate
Leads client group utilizing accepted therapy mode, group therapy techniques and basic skills training
Participates in utilization review activities
Participates in the evaluation of counseling methods for the effective treatment of substance abuse related problems
Prepares correspondence and reports as required
Properly documents client's progress on charts
Assists in coordinating and synchronizing substance abuse and service plan issues
Meets with clinicians to report observations and reactions to clients and to review client's progress

PERKS OF WORKING WITH PATHWAYS CALIFORNIA:
Competitive salaries & benefits
Competitive hourly pay of $23 - 26 per hour
Paid Vacation Days (1st year 12 days; increases with tenure)
Paid Sick Days (Accrual per pay period)
9 Paid Holidays ( Day after Thanksgiving)
Medical, Dental, and Vision including a Health Savings Account or FSA
Health, Dependent and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts
Basic and Optional Life Insurance for Employees, Spouses, and/or Dependents
401K
Perks @ Pathways (student loan refinancing, pet insurance, Verizon wireless discount, movie, hotel, concert, and sporting event discounts)

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