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Why Substance Awareness Center:
SAC’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance misuse and behavioral health disorders in Indian River County through prevention, education, treatment, and recovery support. SAC has been serving the county for the past 30 years and is a highly valued partner in the community.
We are seeking a counselor to work in our outpatient substance abuse treatment program with adults with substance use or co-occurring disorders. The counselor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team conducting biopsychosocial assessments on the contributing factors that causes substance use/abuse and providing individual and group counseling services, and educating families on the best way to help in the recovery process.
Counselor Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates an ability to conduct intake evaluations that lead to well-developed diagnosis and appropriate treatment plans.
- Demonstrates competence in developing strength based, person centered treatment plans that include EBT interventions.
- Establishment of rapport and effective working relationship with client using language that is encouraging and hopeful in conversations with clients.
- Demonstrates ability to use community resources in delivering therapeutic services.
- Demonstrates a sensitivity to the client’s frame of reference.
- Demonstrates the ability to coordinate treatment with referral sources, physicians and mental health providers.
- Sensitive to own emotional reactions to client (transference, Countertransference), parallel process and is open to discussion of these.
- Demonstrates an ability to identify client stage of change and use appropriate motivational interviewing tasks.
- Demonstrate M.I. spirit (Person centered collaboration; Evocation; Respectful Autonomy; Understanding and acceptance) uses them constructively, and seeks consultation when necessary.
- Demonstrates positive coping strategies with personal and professional challenges; maintains professional functioning and quality client care.
- Demonstrates self-direction to expand knowledge and skills (independently seeks out information to enhance clinical practice), utilizing available databases, professional literature, seminars and training sessions, and other resources.
- Models a commitment to educational and scholarly endeavors to keep current with the most recent research with areas of interest to enhance and inform professional practice.
- Demonstrates commitment to seek out supervision to refine and enhance professional skills.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree Required
- Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills, empathy, motivation, and character
- Work cooperatively with other staff and clients in a positive manner
- Counseling experience working in a client-focused/person centered and fast-paced professional environment
- Prefer licensed or license-ready practitioner in the field of addiction or mental health
Job Types: Full-time
Salary: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Vero Beach, FL 32960: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- Master's (Required)
Experience:
- Addiction counseling: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- LMHC or Licensed Ready (Required)
Work Location: In person
