Co-Occurring Specialist
San Diego, CA 
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Welcome to Pathways of Californias career website! If you are passionate about helping others and enthusiastic about your future, we want you to join our team!
Our company is known for an unwavering commitment to exceptional value and recovery-focused, quality care. We are experts in the field of behavioral health care, providing cutting-edge mental health and substance use community-based services and offer a dynamic employment experience! Pathways offers competitive salaries and benefits, comprehensive on-boarding and job training, a supportive learning environment, ongoing education in the use of evidence-based, promising practices and much more!We have over 30 outpatient behavioral health locations nestled throughout our communities located in Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County.

Pathways is seeking an innovative and purpose driven individual to join our team as aCo-OccurringSpecialist for our Catalyst program.

Catalystis an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program. Catalyst provides full service partnership services to Transitional Age Youth (TAY) ages 16 to 25 with a serious mental illness, and who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in San Diego County. Catalysts ACT team provides comprehensive, individualized services in an integrated and continuous manner. Services are collaborative and recovery-oriented, and treatment includes: psychiatric assessment, medication management, individual therapy, substance abuse treatment, co-occurring disorders treatment, supportive housing, resource linkage, advocacy, family psycho-education and therapy, supportive employment and education development, legal assistance, community integration services, peer support and group counseling.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM
Manages and coordinates the substance abuse clinical/program modalities. Participates in program structure/design with therapeutic supervisor and provides clinical evaluation, treatment planning and individual and group counseling. The Co-Occurring Specialist is anentry-levelposition with co-occurring counseling experience
Pay: $23-$26

Does the following apply to you?
  • College level courses related to treatment of chemical dependency required and A.A. degree preferred
  • Requires a current Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor or is completing the required hours for certification
  • California Consortium of Addiction Programs and professions Credentialing (CCAPP Credentialing)
About your role:
  • Provides individual, family and group counseling to adults and adolescents with substance abuse problems
  • Determines causal relationship between substance addiction, socio-economic factors and personality traits
  • Designs and implements treatment plans identifying goals to be achieved
  • Coordinates with other treatment team members when specialized services required
  • Works cooperatively with community agencies in the coordination of rehabilitation services for clients
  • Counsels family members of clients to provide emotional support and provide information
  • Reviews case records and refers clients to medical or psychiatric services as appropriate
  • Leads client group utilizing accepted therapy mode, group therapy techniques and basic skills training
  • Participates in utilization review activities
  • Participates in the evaluation of counseling methods for the effective treatment of substance abuse related problems
  • Prepares correspondence and reports as required
  • Properly documents clients progress on charts
  • Assists in coordinating and synchronizing substance abuse and service plan issues
  • Meets with clinicians to report observations and reactions to clients and to review client's progress
PERKS OF WORKING WITH PATHWAYS CALIFORNIA:
  • Competitive salaries & benefits
  • Competitive hourly pay of $23 - 26 per hour
  • Paid Vacation Days (1st year 12 days; increases with tenure)
  • Paid Sick Days (Accrual per pay period)
  • 9 Paid Holidays (Day after Thanksgiving)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision including a Health Savings Account or FSA
  • Health, Dependent and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Basic and Optional Life Insurance for Employees, Spouses, and/or Dependents
  • 401K
  • Perks @ Pathways (student loan refinancing, pet insurance, Verizon wireless discount, movie, hotel, concert, and sporting event discounts)
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Regular, Full Time
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