Provide individual counseling, group counseling and case management services to individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) so they may achieve sustained remission from SUD, restore and increase healthy social connections, obtain stable income and permanent housing, and reduce their risk of homelessness.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Provide individual counseling, outpatient group counseling, intensive outpatient group counseling,
and case management to homeless individuals with substance use disorders.
• Provide individual counseling and case management to a case load of program participants.
• Facilitate Outpatient Group Counseling and Intensive Outpatient Group Counseling.
• Record all service activities by entering progress notes in the Y-Haven Electronic Medical Record.
• Establish and maintain regular collaborative relationships with social service organizations and programs that residents may utilize for employment, housing, continuing recovery and other needs.
• Participate in daily team meetings, quality assurance meetings, in-service trainings and coordination meetings.
• Coordinate with Clinical Director on all critical clinical issues.
• Conduct Diagnostic Assessments.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
• High school diploma required - Associates Degree or Bachelor’s Degree based on license and experience level.
Experience:
• Must have at least 2 years’ experience in SUD Counseling or Social Work.

Certification(s) & Requirements:
• CPR and First Aid certification and Safety training required within 30 days of hire.

• Based on license and experience level; CDCA (Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant), CDCAII, LCDC II (Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II), SWA (Social Work Assistant) LCDCIII (Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor III), LSW (Licensed Social Worker), LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor).
  • Must be free from sanctions or exclusions from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the State of Ohio Department of Medicaid.
  
  Technical Skills and Knowledge:
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred, but not required
  • Proven ability to meet minimum productivity requirements.
  • Must have successful experience facilitating SUD group counseling.
  • Must have extensive knowledge of Substance Use Disorders and other issues affecting the homeless population.
  • Must have basic computer skills, using Microsoft Office applications.
  • Should have working knowledge of OHMAS, CARF and VA program compliance standards.
  • Demonstrate commitment to the mission, cause of the YMCA, and uphold its values and ethics.
  • Ability to work effectively work with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions
  • Willingness and ability to be a mandated reporter for any signs or suspicion of child abuse and neglect. All employees are required to follow the child abuse and neglect reporting process.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. A frequent amount of standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, and bending.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.