Addiction Medicine Licensed Therapist - Full Time - Laguna Hills Medical Offices

  • Medical Director
  • California
  • 09/18/2024
  • Posted By: Kaiser Permanente (opens in a new tab)
  • Full Time
Job Summary:

Provides Chemical Dependency services and psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, significant others of CD patients, and families under indirect supervision.

Essential Responsibilities:



  • Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.

  • Provides higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional/family dysfunction).

  • Performs intake and psychosocial assessments.

  • Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP/S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval.

  • Participates in clinical case conferences.

  • Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures.

  • Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services.

  • Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned.

  • Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.

  • May perform mentor functions/clinical direction to CDRP/S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates.

  • Other duties as assigned.



Basic Qualifications:

Experience



  • Minimum of two (2) years post graduate relevant supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.



Education



  • Masters degree in a Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health required.



License, Certification, Registration



  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)



Additional Requirements:



  • N/A



Preferred Qualifications:



  • N/A



Notes:





  • This is a position in the dual dx program. Psychiatric and Substance Abuse experience preferred.

  • 2 evenings or 1 evening and 1/2 Saturday required. May cover Addiction Medicine services at the Orange location as needed.