People Encouraging People is a non-profit behavioral healthcare corporation dedicated to providing life-transforming rehabilitation and support services to people who are disabled or disadvantaged. PEP services are values-based and designed specifically for each individual’s challenges. PEP is committed to helping our clients become accepted and productive members of our community.

Positions available in Rockville & Windsor Mill (Baltimore)

We are actively recruiting for caring, Certified Substance Abuse Counselors

The successful candidate that will be selected to join a dynamic and growing team of professionals will provide training in substance abuse prevention and sobriety maintenance, incorporating a 12 step focus and must be CAC certified and/or have ADT Trainee Status in the State of Maryland.

Must be able to work with individuals with co-occurring mental illness and/or substance abuse in the community as well as in groups.

This position also will provide transportation to and from community activities and AA/NA meetings. Developing monthly activity calendar identifying community resources to support sobriety and resources.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform drug screens when necessary.
• Complete the required documentation, which includes, but not limited to individual treatment plans and progress notes.
• Organize and facilitate social and recreational activities appropriate for ACT clientele.
• Provide case management for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team; assume responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans in conjunction with the ITP; provide individual supportive counseling; assist in symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as client’s needs change. Educate and support client’s families, and advocate for client rights and preferences.
• Conduct comprehensive assessment of all domains of a person's life.
• Provide on call crisis intervention when assigned covering nighttime and weekend hours.

In addition, Counselor:

• MUST be CAC CERTIFIED or hold TRAINEE STATUS with Maryland Board of Professional Counselors.
• HAVE A VALID MD DRIVERS LICENSE.

• Identify substance abuse community resources
• Provide individual and group substance abuse treatment programming
• Provide substance abuse training for staff
• Participating in substance abuse related crisis intervention
• Implementing substance abuse policies and procedures
• Facilitating substance abuse education groups and programs
• Provide clinical substance abuse recovery expertise in the direct rehabilitation of persons with substance abuse or substance dependence diagnoses
• Preparing the substance abuse counseling portion of the treatment plan
• Funding the delivery of substance abuse services
• Provide substance abuse treatment programming in group and individual formats
• Participate in related training for substance abuse
• Maintaining records for each inmate in substance abuse treatment program
• Maintain a collegian relationship with other substance abuse professionals, programs, and associations
• Educate staff regarding substance abuse issues and inventories
• Exhibit the knowledge and delivery of effective substance abuse treatment
• Provide individual counseling to clients and families regarding substance abuse within scope
• Complete substance abuse screenings and assessments as indicated by treatment need
• Develop, implement and evaluate effective substance abuse treatment models
• Teach class in substance abuse issues following establishing curriculum
• Maintain a specific substance abuse treatment case file for every program participant