Alcohol and Drug Associate Counselor

To assess all incoming incarcerated individuals in a designated institution for substance use concerns and provide counseling, intervention, intense treatment and rehabilitation services to those incarcerated individuals with substance abuse disorder(s) which may also include incarcerated individuals that are dually diagnosed.

Such services may include, but are not limited to the following:
 

• Perform screening as needed on incarcerated individuals entering the institution utilizing the TCU Drug Screen 5. Score the instrument and complete the Screening and Assessment Result form documenting the results and provide the form to case management. Maintain original testing instrument in treatment files.
• Assess incarcerated individuals as needed using the TAP to identify incarcerated individuals needing substance abuse treatment services. Score and add the results of the TAP to the Screening Assessment Result form and provide to case management. Develop incarcerated individuals files to maintain original testing instruments.
• Provide substance abuse treatment on an individual basis twice monthly and two group sessions a week for two groups with approximately 15 members. Facilitate one aftercare services group weekly.
• Documentation of all group and individual notes to include treatment plans and discharge summaries in incarcerated individuals files.
• Maintain contact with internal and external resources such as community based addiction providers in support of providing aftercare services.
• Participation in continued professional development through educational training.
• Completion of monthly statistics on substance abuse treatment activities.