Chemical Dependency Counselor jobs in Brownsville, TX

Job Summary:

The Clinician is responsible for providing mental health screenings and counseling intervention services, as well as continually monitoring and documenting children’ mental well-being and overall adjustment to the Unaccompanied Children program. The Clinician’s functions are performed as part of a multi-disciplinary team and include development and implementation of minor counseling plans, facilitating referrals, transfers, and reunification planning. All duties will be performed based on education, training, and certified counseling experience within the social service and/or mental health fields. The clinician is subject to work extended hours and weekends, and to be on-call.

Essential Functions:

• Conduct intake, admission, and screenings, , with children, and document results according to Southwest Key Programs standards to maintain quality assurance standards.
• Collaborate with treatment team members and children to develop treatment
• Provide a minimum of one weekly one-to-one counseling session (or more often if needed) and crisis intervention as
• Facilitate weekly educational and minor group counseling session.
• Continually monitor the mental/emotional well-being of children and arrange appropriate third-party services as needed, including arranging for and facilitating external specialized mental health services with community providers.
• Provide consultation and documentation regarding children’ functioning, mental health status, and treatment
• Identify mental health needs, consult on high-risk cases for possible external third-party focused interventions, outpatient or inpatient services.
• Provide clinical services within Southwest Key, in accordance with licensing and funding source
• Participate in and comply with all meetings, assignments, process improvement, and quality improvement initiatives as assigned by supervisor

Other Functions:

• Attend all organizational required
• Attend all departmental and program meetings to ensure that up-to-date information is received and/or information on policy changes or practices is adhered
• Assist in the evacuation of youth as needed due to inclement weather conditions, natural disasters, or other unforeseen
• Travel as needed for trainings, conferences or to transport youth to destinations located within the S.
• Maintain a safe, clean and hazard-free work
• Ensure the proper supervision of youth at all
• Respond to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:

These requirements may be waived with written approval from the ORR Project Officer

• Master’s degree in social work (MSW) counseling, psychology or other relevant behavioral science field in which clinical training and experience is a program requirement and one year of postgraduate direct mental health service delivery
• One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience preferred in conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group
• Ability to utilize evidence-based theory to conceptualize clinical cases to formulate treatment plans and related techniques and interventions.
• Licensed or license eligible in respective field:
  • Texas: LPC-A/LPC, LMSW/LCSW, LMFT-A/LMFT, Associate Psychologist or Psychologist.
• Experience working with children, youth, and/or families from high-risk
• Successful completion of 86 hours of pre-service training and job
• Required to work a flexible schedule to facilitate program
• Cleared tuberculosis test results.
• Cleared background check from appropriate
• Cleared drug test results. (Texas programs only)
• (English/Spanish) – ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of hire.
• Cleared drug test results (for Texas programs only).

Preferred:

• One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group
• Experience working with children and youth in inpatient, residential, or detention
• Experience working in an ethical and culturally diverse environment with undocumented children and/or refugees.

Physical Demands:

Must be able to obtain Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification and First Aid Certification (CPR). Must be able to supervise children indoors and outdoors as necessary. Bending, stooping and lifting up to 15 lbs. are required to complete daily tasks.

Work Environment:

This is a twenty-four-hour residential facility at which children receive multiple services. Three shifts per each twenty-four-hour period. Work shifts are subject to change. Noise levels vary from mild to moderate. Predominantly indoors, occasional outdoor monitoring or activities.