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Job description
Counselor
**Voted Best Place to Work in Alaska 4 Years Running!**
Set Free Alaska is looking for a Counselor to join our award-winning team. You are the perfect candidate if you are someone that is passionate about helping others and looking for more than just a job. You joined the behavioral health field to help others. At Set Free we value that and set up our caseloads to ensure you have the time to provide excellent service while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Counselors are on the front lines of the fight, championing others as they find hope and healing. We appreciate the work you do and strive to care for our teams in a way that gives evidence to that. Set Free was voted the Best Place to Work in Alaska for all employers under 250 employees. Apply now to add your skills, knowledge, and passion to our team of life-changers! The Counselor will deliver direct outpatient substance abuse counseling to adult clients.
Benefits:
Insurance
Health
Dental
Vision
Life
Short Term Disability
401k with 3% match
Paid Time Off
Continuing Education Stipend
Qualifications:
Required:
The ability to acquire Chemical Dependency Counselor II or QAP equivalent certification within 3 years of date of hire
Ability to pass a drug screening and State of Alaska background check
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree in human services or closely related field
Experience in substance abuse or mental health field including:
Delivering direct therapeutic services (group and individual)
Crisis intervention skills
Treatment planning and treatment team participation
Case management
Skills required:
Excellent written, verbal and organizational skills
Punctuality and consistent reliability reporting to work
Understanding of being trauma informed and awareness of cultural differences
The ability to:
Be a team player, demonstrating motivation, exercising discretion and dependability
Build rapport with clients and staff
Establish and maintain clear therapeutic boundaries
Maintain confidentiality and treat everyone with dignity and respect
Basic computer skills and fluid use of electronic communication tools
Job responsibilities:
Develop written treatment plans using the client's strengths and individualized treatment needs. Aid the client to participate in the development of this treatment plan and conduct treatment plan reviews as needed through the duration of treatment
Prepare and conduct individual and group counseling sessions, structuring the sessions according to the needs, goals and individual strengths and limitations of each client
Attend weekly clinical treatment team meetings
Provide case management and work cooperatively with collateral services. Counselor I will refer clients to appropriate services as needed
Worksite address
wasilla, AK, 99629, US
Who can apply
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