<p><strong>Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center</strong></p><p>Title: Counselor I</p><p>Department: Luminis Health/Behavioral Health Pathways</p><p>Reports To: 20002-10035-0006360</p><p>Cost Center/Job Code: 20002-10035-000645</p><p>FLSA Status: Non - Exempt</p><p><strong>Position Objective:</strong></p><p>This position serves as primary counselor, case manager, and group facilitator for patients with primary substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our treatment philosophy is based on evidence based practices and multiple pathways to recovery; all staff collaborate to provide a treatment environment of learning, growth, and individualized clinical interventions to foster patient success.</p><p><strong>Essential Job Duties:</strong></p><p>Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. </p><p> </p><ol><li>Provide assessment and counseling to individuals and groups along with integrated case management:<ul><li>Provide biopsychosocial assessment to patients as assigned.</li><li>Provide collaborative treatment planning, case management, discharge planning and linkage with appropriate level of care and/or community resources.</li><li>Conduct individual counseling sessions per level of care while establishing therapeutic alliance and maintaining effective working relationships with patients.</li><li>Determine patient strengths; integrate patient’s expressed goals and measurement based care into treatment planning including achievable steps with specified target dates and documenting/recognizing patient’s progress.</li></ul></li><li>Facilitate psychoeducational and/or therapeutic groups as assigned and may be responsible for group coverage due to vacancy or absence.</li><li>Demonstrate knowledge of ASAM, DSM V criteria, Evidence Based Practices, and medications used in substance use treatment, relative to the assessment, reassessment, and treatment of patient needs throughout the episode of care.</li><li>Maintain chart documentation, under supervision, according to Joint Commission, COMAR, Luminis Health and Pathways’ requirements.</li><li>Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team:<ul><li>Provide back-up support to multi-disciplinary staff as needed including supervision of treatment environment if needed. Conduct drug testing (and searches as applicable) in accordance with regulatory standards, clinical judgement, and level of care requirements.</li><li>Collaborate with other Pathways Counselors and staff to manage emergent and complex patient problems, concerns or other issues including cross-coverage of patients assigned to other counselors as needed.</li><li>Participate in clinical and multi-disciplinary team meetings and supervision, along with in-service and other assigned trainings.</li><li>Work collaboratively with all patients and staff to ensure that care is delivered to each patient based on their unique needs, strengths, values and preferences.</li></ul></li><li>Luminis Behavioral Health provides multiple levels of care; every staff member has a role in our patients’ success and staff may be asked to work in other areas of admission or treatment as needed. </li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Educational/Experience Requirements:</strong></p><p><strong>Required Minimum Education.</strong> The minimum level of education for this position includes an AA/AS degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in behavioral health.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Required Minimum Experience</strong>: One year work experience in behavioral health care including individual and/or group counseling for individuals with substance use disorders is required.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Required License/Certifications:</strong></p><p>Current approval as an Alcohol and Drug Trainee (ADT) from the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists is required.</p><p> </p><p>Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through approved Luminis Health system required within 30 days of hire.</p><p> </p><p>Driver’s license and driving record with no more than two points.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:</strong></p><p>Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all types of disciplines and personalities while maintaining a positive and healthful work environment. </p><p>Display personal attributes of compassion, integrity, honesty and willingness to engage in critical self-appraisal. </p><p>Demonstrate ability to balance initiative/working independently while accepting feedback and direction.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.</p><p>Flexibility to work occasionally outside normal daytime work hours.</p><p>Must be able to observe and note patient behaviors as needed including during group activities.</p><p>Must be able to hear typical env