Certified Addiction Counselor - LVCF - Travel

Pueblo, CO

Posted: 11/20/2024 Job Number: 24-12443 Pay Rate ($): 74.0

Job Description

Health Advocates Network is seeking a Certified Addiction Counselor - LVCF to work at a facility in Pueblo, CO. This is a registry position with our company.

40hrs Travel Package          
Weekly Gross Pay = $2120            
Local Hourly Rate (Taxable) = $53          
Weekly Travel Stipend Non-Taxed- goes to the net pay = $840 (Hotel-630 Meals-210)         
Total Weekly ($840 is not taxed)= $2960         
Feels like per hour = $74           

$2960 div 40 hours = $74

LaVista Correctional Facility


Pueblo
LVCF
1401 West 17th Street





Street,
Pueblo, CO 81003

Monday - Friday
0800-1700


Bill Rate (Local): ***

Bill Rate (Travel): 104.40

Local: Contractors staff whose personal residence is within one hundred (100) miles of the work assignment.

i. Contractor's staff must travel more than fifty (50) miles from their personal residence
to the facility work assignment for mileage to be billable. Billable mileage is limited to four hundred (400) miles round trip. Mileage shall be billed and paid at the


This position provides substance use disorder services to the inmate population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
·Serves as consultant for unit staff regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
·Monitors inmate treatment and documentation to assure compliance with standards and to assure continuity of care.
·Assures accurate Information System behavioral health needs levels, and provides group, brief, and individual treatment.
·Provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in behavioral healthcare and treatment of inmates.
·Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies.
·Provides crisis intervention in conjunction with clinical standards regarding mental health professional privilege level.
·Documents both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate behavioral health records.
·Communicates directly with inmates regarding their behavioral health care such as consequences of maladaptive behavior and desired and undesirable effects of prescribed behavioral health medication.
·Listens to inmate concerns and provides counseling and direction.
·Communicates to advise, counsel, inform and/or guide staff within the clinical unit, the facility, clinical and administrative supervisors and outside agencies to ensure continuity and direction of behavioral health care.
·Communicates and responds to complaints, problems, transfers, classifications, and inmate behavioral management issues.
·Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable professional, departmental, organizational and unit standards.
·Promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.

Minimum Qualifications:
·Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:
Applicant must possess a current, valid certification from the State of Colorado as:
·a Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS) OR
·an Addiction Counselor Candidate (AC-C) OR
·a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC)
Required Competencies:
·Ability to provide direct behavioral health care to inmates.
·Ability to provide comprehensive clinical documentation.
·Ability to work independently.
·Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across facility programs and with external stakeholders.
·Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
·Must maintain certification/licensure as an addiction counselor.
·Ability to work with a diverse population of inmates.
·Strong organizing, planning and prioritizing skills.
·Keen ability to multi-task and demonstrate flexibility.
·Ability to provide addiction counseling as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
·Ability to be creative when implementing therapeutic interventions.
·Ability to read and comprehend the English language.
·Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.
·Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind.
Preferred Qualifications:
·Experience providing addiction treatment to an incarcerated population.
·Experience providing addiction treatment to a diverse population.
·Experience working with highly resistive clients.
·Experience administering Standardized Offender Assessment-Revised(SOA-R) Assessments.
·Experience providing addiction counseling in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Local: Contractors staff whose personal residence is within one hundred (100) miles of the work assignment.

i. Contractor's staff must travel more than fifty (50) miles from their personal residence
to the facility work assignment for mileage to be billable. Billable mileage is limited to four hundred (400) miles round trip. Mileage shall be billed and paid at the


This position provides substance use disorder services to the inmate population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
·Serves as consultant for unit staff regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
·Monitors inmate treatment and documentation to assure compliance with standards and to assure continuity of care.
·Assures accurate Information System behavioral health needs levels, and provides group, brief, and individual treatment.
·Provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in behavioral healthcare and treatment of inmates.
·Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies.
·Provides crisis intervention in conjunction with clinical standards regarding mental health professional privilege level.
·Documents both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate behavioral health records.
·Communicates directly with inmates regarding their behavioral health care such as consequences of maladaptive behavior and desired and undesirable effects of prescribed behavioral health medication.
·Listens to inmate concerns and provides counseling and direction.
·Communicates to advise, counsel, inform and/or guide staff within the clinical unit, the facility, clinical and administrative supervisors and outside agencies to ensure continuity and direction of behavioral health care.
·Communicates and responds to complaints, problems, transfers, classifications, and inmate behavioral management issues.
·Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable professional, departmental, organizational and unit standards.
·Promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.

Minimum Qualifications:
·Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:
Applicant must possess a current, valid certification from the State of Colorado as:
·a Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS) OR
·an Addiction Counselor Candidate (AC-C) OR
·a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC)
Required Competencies:
·Ability to provide direct behavioral health care to inmates.
·Ability to provide comprehensive clinical documentation.
·Ability to work independently.
·Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across facility programs and with external stakeholders.
·Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
·Must maintain certification/licensure as an addiction counselor.
·Ability to work with a diverse population of inmates.
·Strong organizing, planning and prioritizing skills.
·Keen ability to multi-task and demonstrate flexibility.
·Ability to provide addiction counseling as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
·Ability to be creative when implementing therapeutic interventions.
·Ability to read and comprehend the English language.
·Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.
·Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind.
Preferred Qualifications:
·Experience providing addiction treatment to an incarcerated population.
·Experience providing addiction treatment to a diverse population.
·Experience working with highly resistive clients.
·Experience administering Standardized Offender Assessment-Revised(SOA-R) Assessments.
·Experience providing addiction counseling in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Qualified for travel rate if permanent residence is 50+ miles away

If interested, please apply through this job post. You may send a copy of your most recent resume. If you have any questions, please feel free to call at 800-928-5561 and ask to speak with Jennifer Monday-Friday.

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