We are
currently accepting resumes for a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor or
Licensed Clinical Addition Specialist to assist us in doing:
Substance
Abuse Assessments and Treatment and DWI Assessments and Treatment
This is a
great opportunity for the right individual.
Please
fax your resume to 828-627-8888
or e-mail
to customerservice@lifecounselingcenter.com
Community
Support
We are
currently accepting applications for individuals to work with people in our
communities.
Please
See Staffing Requirements and responsibilities below:
Staffing Requirements
Persons who meet the
requirements specified (10A NCAC 27G.0104) for Qualified Professional (QP),
Associate Professional (AP), and Paraprofessional status and who have the
knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be
served, may deliver Community Support. Qualified Professionals shall develop
and coordinate the Person Centered Plan. Associate Professionals and
Paraprofessionals will deliver Community Support services to directly address
the recipient’s diagnostic and clinical needs under the direction of the
Qualified Professional.
All Associate Professionals and
Paraprofessionals providing Community Support must be supervised by a Qualified
Professional. Supervision must be provided according to supervision
requirements specified in 10A NCAC 27G.0204 and according to licensure or
certification requirements of the appropriate discipline.
A Certified Clinical Supervisor
(CCS) or Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) may
also deliver and supervise Community Support as a Qualified Professional.
The following chart sets forth
the activities that can be performed by a Qualified Professional, Certified
Clinical Supervisor, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Associate
Professional, or Paraprofessional. These activities reflect the appropriate
scope of practice for these individuals.
Qualified Professional
Certified Clinical
Supervisor
Licensed Clinical
Addiction Specialist
Associate Professional
Paraprofessional (under
the supervision of the Qualified Professional)
• Coordination and oversight
of initial and ongoing assessment activities
• Ensure linkage to the most
clinically appropriate and effective service
• Convening the Child and
Family Team, including the recipient, family, and people identified as
important in the recipient’s life, for Person Centered Planning
• Initial development and
ongoing revision of Person Centered Plan
• Monitoring the
implementation of the Person Centered Plan, including involvement of other
medical and non-medical providers, the recipient and family, and natural and
community supports
• Supportive counseling to
address the diagnostic and clinical needs of the recipient
• Case management functions
to arrange, link, monitor, and/or integrate multiple services and referrals
• Coordination with the
recipient’s medical home (i.e., primary care physician)
• Supervision of activities
provided by Associate and Paraprofessional staff providing Community Support
• Provision of all
activities, functions, and interventions of the Community Support service
definition
• Assisting with therapeutic
interventions to rehabilitate:
o Functional skills
o Daily and community living skills
o Adaptation, socialization, relational, and coping
skills
o Behavior and anger management skills
• Therapeutic mentoring that
directly increases the acquisition of skills needed to accomplish the goals
of the Person Centered Plan
• Psychoeducation and
training of family, unpaid caregivers and others who have a legitimate role
in addressing the needs identified in the Person-Centered Plan
• Direct preventive and
therapeutic interventions that will assist with skill building
• Relapse prevention and
disease management strategies
• Ongoing symptom monitoring
and management
• Ongoing medication
monitoring with report to medical providers
• Service coordination
activities within the established Person Centered Plan
• Input into the Person
Centered Plan modifications
All staff must complete a
minimum of twenty hours of training specific to the required rehabilitative
service activities and all other components of the Community Support service
definition, including crisis response, within the first 90 days of employment.
Service Type/Setting
Community Support is a direct
and indirect periodic service in which the Community Support staff member
provides direct intervention and also arranges, coordinates, and monitors
services on behalf of the recipient. Community Support services may be provided
to an individual or a group of individuals.
Community Support providers
must have the ability to deliver services in various environments, such as homes,
schools, detention centers and jails (state funds only),* homeless shelters,
street locations, and other community settings.
Community Support also includes
telephone time with the individual recipient and collateral contact with
persons who assist the recipient in meeting his or her rehabilitation goals.
Community Support includes activities and meetings for the planning,
development, and revision of the recipient’s Person Centered Plan.
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