Counselor

Groups Recover Together is an outpatient addiction medicine provider that delivers comprehensive outpatient treatment for opioid addiction. Based on the principle that recovery is tied to aspects of life that are beyond the reach of an office visit, our care model includes three core modalities that are proven to help individuals get their lives back on track -- medication, weekly group therapy, and care navigation. We pride ourselves in providing high quality clinical treatment and team-based support needed to build a life worth living sober.

At Groups Recover Together, Counselors are the lifeblood of our organization.

If group therapy is your passion, this role is for you. As a Counselor, this will be your main focus. Here at Groups we challenge the industry standards. You won't be expected to handle every component of care for your members on your own. Along with having the opportunity to be a part of the transformation in the lives of each of our members, as a Counselor, you are central to a cross-functional care team that includes prescribers, care navigators, peer recovery coaches, and office managers. The team works together in service to our members -- delivering a holistic clinical model based on the belief that counseling, medication and community are the foundation for achieving sustained recovery. Some of the key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

* Manage a schedule and caseload that supports the needs of the office and region
* Conduct weekly group therapy sessions that build recovery skills and foster community by utilizing our outlined curriculum
* Unlock great clinical outcomes for our members by adhering to the Groups Recovery System manual and providing consistent, high quality counseling activities
* Use clinical tools (urine drug screens, pill counts, treatment plans, counseling, etc.) to monitor clinical progress and promote recovery within the Core Milestones framework
* Provide individual support, as needed, such as crisis intervention, referrals to other resources, liaising with outside parties involved in the member's treatment and coordinating with Care Navigators
* Measure the effectiveness of one's own clinical practice, using outcome measures (Core Milestones), and client feedback (NPS scores)
* Practice within state, federal, and provincial laws/regulations and professional ethical standards, including HIPAA and 42 CFR Pt 2 regulations
* Participate in discharge decisions, in coordination with the physician and clinical supervisor, based on member's progress in treatment
* Engage in constructive clinical supervision
* Actively ensure cultural diversity is preserved and upheld
* Utilize our custom EMR to thoroughly document member's progress and clinician interactions in a manner that is efficient, value-added, fully digitized and never bureaucratic
* Prevent diversion by responding effectively to UDS results, requesting pill counts on high risk members and reviewing PDMP data with provider per state and P&P requirements.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:
* Engage in the community and create relationships for referrals
* Proactively engage in community relations activities
* Distribute brochures and written materials to community stakeholders, promoting Groups and its mission
* Attend and participate in community meetings related to substance abuse and addiction topics
* Participate in internal and external trainings required for upkeep of licensure and actively working towards professional development
* Partner with providers to evaluate appropriateness of treatment for every member who enters our program
* Responsible for documenting care coordination needs handled by Care Navigator
* Responsible for all compliance activities associated with member caseload, including medication counts and medication count conversations
* Participate as a representative of the treatment team that discusses difficult members as needed and prior to discharge
* Team player, willing to put team above self
* Deeply invested in member success
* Commitment to high ethical standards
* Other duties as assigned.

An active license or certification: LCDC, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC
• Minimum two years' leading groups in a SUD setting.
• High comfort level with Technology: EMR, Telehealth software, Google products (Gmail, Google Docs/Sheets/Drive), mobile apps, etc.
• Compassion, collaboration, commitment to quality care, and an investment in member success.
• Ability to work 2-3 evenings per week up to 9pm as needed.
• Other preferred backgrounds, experience, and skills include: mental health, social work, substance use disorder treatment, therapy, human services, social services, medication assisted treatment or MAT.