Review Vacancy
AgencyCorrections and Community Supervision, Department of
TitleAlchohol Substance Abuse Treatment Program Assistant
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $45455 to $58028 Annually
Minimum Qualifications Eligible for transfer/reassignment – reachable on current Civil Service list of if hired provisionally you must take, pass and be reachable on the next Civil Service test.
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM ASSISTANT/SG-14
Minimum qualifications for taking the open-competitive examination:
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 in a 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
- 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.
Note: If you pass the examination for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program Assistant (Spanish Language), you will be required to demonstrate your Spanish language proficiency at a level that will ensure your ability to perform properly duties of the position. Only enough candidates to fill current vacancies will be called to the proficiency test.
Duties Description Provide ongoing treatment services to inmates with substance abuse disorders. Develop treatment findings and conclusions based on an admission comprehensive evaluation; establish a substance abuse disorder diagnostic impression; develop and implement a person centered treatment plan for each assigned inmate; evaluate and document the level and quality of participation and progress towards applied goals; provide services to ensure successful treatment. Work with other facility staff to provide services to include: recruiting, screening, orientation, recovery planning, individual and group counseling. Responsible for all mandatory treatment recording.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.