Licensed Substance Abuse Associate (LSAA) ECFH Cares

As a Federally Qualified Health Center, 501c3, our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, quality health care to the people of Northern New Mexico. Do you want to be part of an organization that is dedicated to wellness and excellence of care? El Centro Family Health Cares is seeking a full-time Licensed Substance Abuse Associate (LSAA) dedicated to serving the needs of our community.

An ideal candidate should possess the following qualities:

• Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Attention to detail.
• Willing to travel to outlying clinics as needed.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge and fluent skills of Microsoft Office Excel and Word applications, internet explorer usage, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

The scopes of practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling, or both, consists of rendering treatment and intervention services specific to alcohol and other drug use disorders to people, couples, families or groups. The services may include the development of treatment plans, case management-counseling, referral, appraisal, crisis intervention, education, reporting and record keeping. Nothing in this scope of practice shall be construed as preventing licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselors from providing screening and referrals for mental health disorders. However, assessment, treatment and diagnosis for such disorders are not within the scope of practice of this license. The practice of these activities will be limited to the individual's level of training, education and supervised experience. The alcohol and drug abuse counselor may provide therapeutic services that may include treatment of clients with co-occurring disorders or dual diagnosis in an integrated behavioral health setting in which a multidisciplinary team has developed a multidisciplinary treatment plan that is co-authorized by an independently licensed counselor or therapist. The treatment of a mental health disorder shall be supervised by an independently licensed counselor or therapist.

The LSAA is a restricted license and must have a supervisor who ensures the quality of work provided to patients. The supervisee must participate in individual supervision on a regular basis and is responsible for maintaining documentation of the supervision sessions.

Minimum requirements

Education: Associates degree in addiction related field.

Experience: One to three (1-3) years of experience working with substance abuse issues.

Licensure: Licensed Substance Abuse Associate

Preferred Requirements

Education: Bachelors or master's degree in Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling

License: LADAC

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Bilingual - English/Spanish

Benefits

• 401 k Retirement
• 7 Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Employee Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)