Review Vacancy
AgencyCorrections and Community Supervision, Department of
TitleAlcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program Assistant
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $44564 to $56888 Annually
Minimum Qualifications Either 1.) A current certification as a New York State Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC);
Or 2.) A current certification as a New York State Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Trainee (CASAC-T) and one year of post certification qualifying experience*;
Or 3.) Three years of qualifying experience*. An associate’s degree (or higher) in an approved area** may be substituted for two years of this experience.
*Qualifying experience consists of professional or paraprofessional experience in a program whose primary mission is alcohol and/or substance abuse treatment. The program can be hospital, correctional facility, school, community based prevention/intervention program or other addiction recovery program. Your experience must include all of the following functions: individual or group counseling, intake/assessment, treatment planning, case work, consultation, and the development of substance use disorder diagnostic impression. Your counseling or casework experience must have focused primarily on the establishment of an ongoing, one-to-one relationship between you and the client to establish and maintain recovery, and prevent relapse. Group experience must have focused primarily on responsibility for conducting group sessions designed to provide the participants with services for alcohol/substance abuse problems.
**Approved associate’s or higher degree areas for this examinations are: anthropology, audiology, child development/family relations, community mental health, chemical dependence administration, correctional studies, counseling/guidance, criminal justice, education, gerontology, health administration, health education, human services, nursing, nutrition, pastoral counseling, psychology, public justice, rehabilitation counseling, religious studies, social work, sociology, special education, speech pathology, therapy (including art, dance, drama, music, occupational, physical and recreational) and vocational counseling.
Duties Description Assist in identifying inmates believed to benefit from participation in substance abuse treatment. May familiarize and educate correctional staff and visitors to facility substance abuse treatment programs. Educate inmate clients to understand the nature of substance use disorders and explain the recovery process. Provide individual and group counseling to inmate clients. Establish and maintain a TX record and prepare all necessary reports. Full duties will be discussed at interview.
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