Primary Therapist

Job Duties:

• Provide recovery education to clients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance. 

• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses regarding recovery. 

• Assist/coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery.

• Facilitate the transition from professional services to community-based services. 

• Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services. 

• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self- help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests.  

•  Provide hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.).

• Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency.

• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers. 

• Ability to provide services via video conferencing/teletherapy when determined appropriate for clients and the organization. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy, couple/family therapy, and group therapy. Telehealth will occur primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone and/or other audio/video communications.

Recommended Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Psychology from an accredited college or university

• Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement) 

• Must be able to provide Level 1 fingerprint clearance card

Minimum Qualifications:

• Individuals must understand and respect everyone's unique path to recovery. 

• A person must have a working knowledge of the drug and alcohol treatment system and a demonstrated commitment to the recovery community.

• A person must be comfortable working with both adolescent and adult populations.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000 annually

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8-hour shift

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote opportunities