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The Geo Group Substance Abuse Counselor 1 in East St. Louis, Illinois

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12427494

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides case management of residents to coordinate their services and resources.

Learns the process of preparing and submitting all treatment and educational outlines, lectures,\ handouts and other relevant materials.

Maintains records and daily clinical charting as required internally or by the client.

Learns the methods of implementing substance abuse and life skills assessments and the way of\ integrating the results into resident client treatment plans.

Participates in all training and supervision activities as provided for internally or by the client.

Assists in preparing schedules, reports or other information required for the program and\ requested by the management or the client.

In conjunction with Treatment Alternative for Safer Communities (TASC) or as part of re-entry\ process, learns to assess the residents aftercare needs, issues, and services.

Learns to provide counseling to residents, family or significant others as requested by the\ management or correctional staff.

Coordinates individual clinical care of assigned resident caseload.

Participates in treatment planning and conferences.

Observes and supervises resident interactions.

Assists in providing individual and group therapy or counseling. meets with assigned residents as\ necessary.

Maintains and updates residents records and documents program in charts.

Performs Addiction Severity Index (ASI) assessments and any other required assessment\ instruments.

Assists clients staff in monitoring offender behavior and developing intervention plans\ regarding difficult offenders.

Performs other duties as assigned.

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