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Mental Health/Substance Abuse Counselor

Comunilife, Inc.

Description

Comunilife is a premier provider of housing, mental health, and HIV/AIDS services in New York City. Our programs benefit more than 2,500 people each year – helping them overcome challenges related to extreme poverty; chronic homelessness; serious behavioral and medical issues; and, linguistic and acculturation barriers.

Our staff members work with a supportive team of supervisors and peers, receive in-depth training and ongoing opportunities for professional development, and are part of an organization that recognizes, celebrates, and promotes personal and cultural strengths.

The Mental Health/Substance Abuse Counselor provides mental health- and substance abuse-related services for HIV/AIDS afflicted clients and their collaterals and determines the clients’ needs for counseling and/or rehabilitation. Responsibilities include the timely completion of mental health and substance abuse assessments, provision of individual, group and family counseling services, coordination of health care and other services with providers within and outside Comunilife, monitoring and re-assessing client’s needs for treatment and community education on mental health- and substance abuse-related issues and collaborating in the development and implementation of service plans. Home visits and extensive field work required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirement(s) Licensed Degree in Social Work (LMSW); or License in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); or CASAC; with four (4) years’ work experience in mental health and/or substance abuse fields, providing ongoing counseling (preferably) to persons with HIV/AIDS; mental illness; and substance abuse issues and their families. Ability to assist clients to manage medical/health care needs; and group counseling experience is required. Preference is given to persons with experience in Scattered Site Housing Programs and to those who are bilingual (Spanish). Ideal person for this position must have the ability to assist clients to remain independent in the community.

Salary

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and an excellent and comprehensive program of benefits for eligible employees that includes: health, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, flexible spending accounts, pension, 401K and paid time off.

Contact

To apply please visit our website at http://comunilife.iapplicants.com/

Posted on 11/07/14; CVMHA ID #8315