COUNSELOR

Job Description

Overview

Want to join a company where you can make a real difference? Our team is looking for a Counselor who is passionate about people and believes every individual deserves the best quality mental health care. This is your opportunity to build a long-lasting career with a global leader in the industry. In this role, you will help us develop, organize, and conduct programs to provide education for conditions and problems relating to drug and alcohol abuse. Keep reading to learn more about us and what we have to offer.

Join A Community That Cares:

Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.

Responsibilities

Summary:

The Counselor is responsible for direct client care, the implementation of evidence-based readiness and transition programming services for a caseload of participants. Accordingly, it assesses and identifies clinical issues and creates clear objectives and goals. It also tracks and documents participant progress in case reports while working to meet all required internal and external contract standards and policies.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The Counselor completes comprehensive assessment of inmates’ substance abuse history and treatment requirements and develops individualized treatment plan. Document all assessment and treatment planning.

Presents individual counseling/group lectures and didactic presentations weekly based on the areas of Relapse Prevention, Anger Management, Parenting skills, Life Skills, Criminal & Addictive Behaviors, and Co-occurring disorders.

The Counselor facilitates psycho-educational/behavior modification groups using principles of the “What Works” system. Documents participants’ attendance, participation, and progress in Company database.

Conducts risk/need assessments and creates individual treatment plans for each assigned participant. Meets regularly with participants and documents participants’ progress or regress in Company database (when available).

The Counselor maintains accurate clinical documentation including intake summaries, group notes, discharge summaries, treatment plans and updates. Updates therapeutic logs in a timely manner. Enters pertinent information into Company database (when available).

Ensures that participants’ records are accurately completed in a timely manner.

The Counselor identifies problem areas that may impact participants’ ability to successfully complete treatment. Guides participants to develop strategies to overcome obstacles to success completion of treatment.

May advise Customer of participants’ progress regularly or at completion of treatment.

The Counselor may maintain a specific substance abuse treatment case file for every program

participant.

Utilizes crisis intervention techniques if an emergency arises.

The Counselor utilizes conflict resolution strategies.

Performs other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in human services, Counseling, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or related field (Master’s Degree preferred.)

Preference given to experience within a correctional setting.

Ability to interact in a professional manner in both individual and group counseling settings.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Ability to work with a team of professionals and have the ability to implement team strategy approaches to work assignments.

Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

Good organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities appropriately.

Ability to perform financial management and budgeting.

Change management skills.

Project management skills

Problem solving ability.

Strong management skills.

Leadership skills.

GEO Reentry Services LLC.

Full-time