COUNSELOR, PROGRAM Job Opening

Facility: CASPER

Compensation Base:

Compensation Bonus (if applicable):

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Summary

• This position provides comprehensive case management services to residents. Assist with the development of a comprehensive discharge plan and recovery plan to prepare reentry residents for discharge and to successfully transition back into the community.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Files, prepares charts, archive files, assist with documentation and performs data entry as assigned.
• Will participate, plan and facilitate psycho-educational groups and seminars as assigned.
• Assists with Intake.
• Participates in meetings, clinical staffing, and training, as assigned.
• Assists reentry residents to plan and implement a comprehensive discharge and relapse prevention plan to include referrals to appropriate agencies and programs.
• Assist with helping residents become job ready by developing resumes, mock interviews, enrollment in state workforce center services and with college/education related tasks.
• Discusses progress toward goals with client and therapist.
• Ensures that reentry residents complete assigned work.
• Maintains positive relationships with community and attend community meetings
• Completes required DOC reentry program with residents.
• Complies with safety rules, acts to ensure work is performed safely.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of staff in a manner that promotes a team spirit, and cooperation.
• Learns GEO mission, as it pertains to incarcerated individuals that are in treatment for purpose of reentry and community transitions.
• Develop working knowledge of ASAM level of care, States of Change, ASI and COMPAS assessments.
• Understand Therapeutic Community modality, concepts and maintain milieu and culture.
• Complies with work rules and policies as explained in the company Employee Handbook, and the Facility Policies and Procedures Manual; and responds positively to directives from managers and supervisors in cooperative spirit.
• Adheres to attendance policy.