Social Service Counselor 3

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Service Counselor 3

Salary

$3,410.00 - $6,136.00 Monthly

Location

Houma, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

210049

Department

LDH-South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority

Opening Date

07/03/2025

Closing Date

7/10/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Helping people, changing lives through education, prevention, intervention, and treatment in an effort to enhance quality of life.

This vacancy is located at SCLHSA's Administration Office located in Houma, LA.

The Assistive Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Case Manager will be supporting the Terrebonne AOT grant. The AOT grant is a program aimed to reduce the frequency and duration of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and interactions with the criminal justice system while improving the health and social outcomes of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) by providing individuals with linkage to community providers and court ordered treatment services. The AOT Case Manager facilitates linkage and referrals to appropriate evidenced-based services for each individual in order to ensure continuity of care. The AOT Case Manager is also responsible for coordinating/facilitating a number of tasks, such as the completion of all court documentation, ensuring the attendance of all required individuals at the hearing, and the implementation of the discharge plan.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

• Making Accurate Judgments:The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.

• Thinking Critically:The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.

Minimum Qualifications

Five years of social services experience; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus two years of social services experience; OR

A bachelor's degree plus two years of social services experience; OR

An advanced degree in a social sciences field plus one year of social services experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Positions that provide addictive disorder counseling or prevention services will require certification or eligibility for certification issued by the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA), or its successor.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Responsible for assisting with the implementation of a multi-disciplinary AOT Program, working with the District Court and Judge, community partners, and other entities to support community-based treatment for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) who meet criteria for AOT.

• Facilitates rounds/staffing with agencies and organizations to provide discharge planning services for potential AOT participants.

• Participates in AOT Team meetings, Steering Committee Meetings, and Case Management calls.

• Gathers information from collateral contact, manages referrals, and collects and enters demographics and client-level data for a baseline measure, at 3 months, at 6 months of follow-up, and participant discharge.

• Manages collaboration between core partners, identifying and enrolling participants into the AOT Program, and assisting in the development and follow-up of recovery plans.

• Provides intensive case management, referral linkages, and discharge planning and follow-up services to clients with a history of a serious mental illness (SMI) and treatment adherence issues.

• Collaborates with AOT Project Director and Program Evaluator on the monitoring of fidelity of evidence-based practices and facilitates/schedules meetings to ensure they are conducted accurately and timely.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Job Appointment that may transfer into a Probationary Appointment at a future date.

Compensation: The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Macy Comeaux

HR Director

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at

and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (

  https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4)
  to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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CE: Rate your ability to communicate effectively based on our definition: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

• 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable communicating effectively

• 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to communicate effectively

• 3= I can communicate effectively

• 4= I can communicate effectively and help others improve their communication

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CE: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

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MAJ: Rate your ability to make accurate judgments based on our definition: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.

• 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable making accurate judgments

• 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to make accurate judgments

• 3= I can make accurate judgments

• 4= I can make accurate judgments and help others improve their ability to make accurate judgments

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MAJ: Rate your ability to make accurate judgments based on our definition: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.

• 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable making accurate judgments

• 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to make accurate judgments

• 3= I can make accurate judgments

• 4= I can make accurate judgments and help others improve their ability to make accurate judgments

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TCr: Rate your ability to think critically based on our definition: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

• 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable thinking critically

• 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to think critically

• 3= I can think critically

• 4= I can think critically and help others improve their ability to think critically

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