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Associate Addiction Medicine Therapist - Psych Counselor - AMFT, ACSW, APCC
Kaiser • Acton, CA 93510 • Posted 6 days ago
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The Associate Addiction Medicine Therapist provides Chemical Dependency services to adults, adolescents, and significant others of CD patients under supervision. This role involves a variety of responsibilities including answering and triaging patient calls, responding to crisis calls, performing intake and psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans, providing general chemical dependency counseling, and case management services. The position requires a minimum of two years of supervised work experience in chemical dependency treatment or completion of a KP addiction medicine internship.
Responsibilities
- Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice.
- Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.
- Identifies need for higher level assessment (e.g., 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.
- May provide Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy only under licensed supervision as assigned.
- Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.
- May perform mentor functions to Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
- Minimum of two (2) years supervised and related work experience in the field of chemical dependency treatment or successful completion of a KP addiction medicine internship.
- Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health.
- Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California) OR Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California).
- Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
- Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years.
About Kaiser
Kaiser Permanente is a leading healthcare provider in the United States, offering health plans, hospitals, medical offices, and pharmacies in eight states. Known for its integrated model, it ensures comprehensive care by combining physicians, hospitals, and health insurance within the same system. The organization prioritizes high-quality care, customer satisfaction, and community health initiatives to shape the future of healthcare.
Full Job Description
Provides Chemical Dependency services to adults, adolescents and significant others of CD patients under supervision.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Under the direction of a licensed clinical supervisor performs the following:
- Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice.
- Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.
- Identifies need for 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.
- May provide Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy only under licensed supervision as assigned.
- Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.
- May perform mentor functions to Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Minimum of two (2) years supervised and related (may include adolescent, adult, family, co-dependent) work experience in the field of chemical dependency treatment. Will consider successful completion of a KP addiction medicine internship in lieu of experience.
- Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health.
- Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California) OR Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California)
- Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
- Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years. If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.
- May work in other AV MOBs within the service area. Position may include weekends.
PrimaryLocation : California,Lancaster,Lancaster Mental Health
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun,
WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 08:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter
Job Level : Entry Level
Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care
Department : 20Th St./Antelope Valley MOB - Chemical Dependency-Reg Clin - 0806
Travel : Yes, 50 % of the Time
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
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