Lead Counselor

• Provide leadership, planning, and implementation of SAMHSA grant, which provides services to Fresno City College students.
• Responsible for developing a work plan to ensure attainment of project goals and deliverables.
• Ensure program complies with internal and external evaluation requirements.
• Provide evidence-based CBT programs and other life skills curriculum to participants.
• Participate in outreach, screening, ASAM assessments and staffing of referrals.
• Complete assessment of each client for their individual strengths, needs, abilities and preferences
• Deliver individual and group educational, prevention and counseling services.
• Utilize motivational interviewing techniques, therapeutic relationships, individual counseling, and brief interventions based on the stages of change, education and community outreach services, and referrals to appropriate services and community resources.
• Have knowledge and experience in Living in Balance, Seeking Safety and Thinking For Change.
• Provide intake and program orientation for the client including, but not limited to, assessment of social functioning and the development, and implementation of the clients Individual Plans.
• Participate in facilitating ancillary services, i.e., support groups, continuing care, developing and updating referral and resource information.
• Monitor the clients progress with their individualized service plans though all phases of the program.
• Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies, as needed.
• Provide treatment and evidence-based education groups on the basic concepts emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and the stages of change, communicable diseases, cognitive skills, conflict resolution, fundamental social skills, and personal moral development.
• Maintenance of individual client treatment files in accordance with agency policies and procedures, including documentation of vocational/educational activities as well as all other pertinent documentation and ensure files are securely stored.
• Maintain all information according to the laws of confidentiality as required by the Federal Register, General Provisions, Title 42, Chapter 1, Part 2, which prohibits making disclosures without the specific written consent of the client, or as otherwise permitted by such regulations.
• Enter all individual client data on a daily basis into the WestCare Clinical Data System (CDS)
• Prepare and submit all reports as required; evaluate progress of participants in weekly team meetings.
• Attend all required staff development training, including WestCare in-service training such as conducting assessments, clinical skills, developing service plans, emotional incarceration, relapse prevention, motivation for treatment and stages of change, cognitive skills, conflict resolution, social skills, moral development, communicable diseases, and self-help groups.

• Experience consisting of three (3) years of providing CBT services and AOD counseling.
• Must be registered or certified in substance abuse services by a state-approved agency, certification as CBT facilitator preferred:
• Knowledge of foster youth, offender populations, criminal subcultures, and cultural differences, substance abuse assessment tools.
• Valid drivers license and ability to obtain and maintain WestCares vehicle insurance is required.
• CPR Certification, First Aid Certification and an Annual Tuberculosis test.
• As mandated by the State of California those employees who work at Residential, Outpatient, Sober Living, provide Mental Health Services, Administrative Staff or Transitional Living Facilities must be fully vaccinated and have received a booster. Employees that have requested a Medical or Religious Exemption, which has been approved by Human Resources will be required to test for the virus weekly.
• During your tenure with WestCare there may be new requirements, including, but not limited to vaccinations that are issued by local, State, Federal, and/or Funders that WestCare may have to comply with. Should this occur Human Resources or appropriate personnel will inform you.

• Graduation from an accredited college with a degree in Addiction Counseling, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology or a related field is preferred.
• Experience and education must meet the above requirement.
• A High School diploma or equivalent is required.

• Valid drivers license and ability to obtain and maintain WestCares vehicle insurance is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Fresno County Credentialing; and
• During your tenure with WestCare there may be new requirements, including, but not limited to vaccinations that are issued by local, State, Federal, and/or Funders that WestCare may have to comply with. Should this occur Human Resources or appropriate personnel will inform you.

Who We AreSince 1973, WestCare has provided health and human services with a commitment to delivering high-quality and cost-effective services that empower people to transform their lives.THE MISSION.We are resolutely dedicated to the populations we serve, as well as our employees, and actively promote the wellness and empowerment of individuals, their families, and their communities.Our MissionWestCare empowers everyone with whom we come into contact with to engage in a process of healing, growth, and change benefiting themselves, their families, co-workers, and communities.Where Do We Serve?Proudly serving sixteen states, three U.S. territories, the Dominican Republic and the Republic of PalauWhat Do We Do?We're a family of nonprofit organizations that provide a wide range of health and human services to improve the lives of those in our communities. Our service domains include:Mental Health & WellnessTreatment & RehabilitationCriminal JusticeVeteran ServicesHousing OpportunitiesEducation & PreventionDomestic ViolenceEmergency Support