SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR
Company: Ithaca City School District
Location: Schenectady
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The work involves the
performance of a wide variety of duties related to substance abuse
prevention and treatment provided to students in a school district.
Primary emphasis is on providing counseling and guidance to
students and their families. Other duties include the dissemination
of information on programs and services provided by the agency,
follow-up on former student cases and the preparation of records
and reports. The purpose of the work is to coordinate services
being provided to students with substance abuse problems to
facilitate their transition to employment. The work is performed
under the general supervision of a professional staff member in
accordance with established policies and procedures. The incumbent
does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
- Maintains records of interviews and meetings with students and
their families;
- Keeps abreast of new developments, programs and techniques in
addictive abuse prevention and rehabilitation
- Works with addictive substance abusers to gain their
confidence
- May disseminate information concerning programs and services to
public and private agencies and to the general public through
speaking engagements, media releases and educational programs
- Develops treatment plans for assigned students and maintains
case progress notes in accordance with State guidelines
- Makes the community aware of the services available
- May prepare monthly student status and demographic reports
- Performs counseling function using an in-depth knowledge of
alcoholism and drug addiction with students having special, social,
adjust mental, addictive or personal problems in order to provide
appropriate counseling relative to the student's stage of
recovery
- Performs case management functions as well as managing an
assigned caseload of specific hard to serve students using
knowledge of long term recovery process so as to have the
educational program enhance, or at least not jeopardize, the
recovery
- Develops needed community resources and maintains working
relationships with these groups and programs for hard to serve
students
- May act as case coordinator with other community service
agencies such as social services, alcohol rehabilitation
organizations, mental health, private hospitals, educational
institutions, etc. to provide more integrated services to
students
- May perform specialized follow-up visits and studies to assist
in evaluating program effectiveness
- May carry out special projects through research study and
development in areas such as case management, integrated service
planning and delivery for hard to serve students, etc.
- May supervise the administration of standardized testing
instruments and procedures used in the evaluation of hard to serve
students
- Performs a variety of related duties as required FULL
PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS: Good knowledge of the problems of those addicted
to or dependent on addictive substances; Good knowledge of the
symptoms and physical signs of addictive substance use; Good
knowledge of group and individual counseling; Working knowledge of
services provided in a school district; Working knowledge of the
public and private agencies available to provide assistance to the
addicted; Ability to relate to and be accepted by addictive
substance abusers; Ability to evaluate student interests and
aptitudes; Ability to work with students in a variety of counseling
and educational guidance situations; Ability to work in a team
approach as part of an educational support team when primary goals
are educational success; Ability to follow oral and written
directions; Ability to maintain records.
This position is a provisional civil service appointment and
applicant must meet civil service requirements including residency
in Schenectady County or one of the contiguous counties. Successful
candidates are required to take civil service exam when
offered.
Candidates interested in applying must complete an online
application. In addition, all applicants are requested to submit a
current resume. This is a competitive Schenectady County Civil
Service position. Candidates must meet civil service requirements
for appointment. Candidates must currently hold this title or be
reachable on the civil service list when available. If a list is
not available, this will be a provisional appointment and the
successful candidate must take the appropriate civil service
examination and be reachable.
Keywords: Ithaca City School District, Albany , SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR, Other , Schenectady, New York
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