Assessment Clinician - BriteLife Recovery

Do you work for a company that no longer aligns with your core values?

Have you dreamt of working in a “true” team environment, where collaborating and working together for the greater good of the company are the expectation?

Are you tired of giving 100% everyday, only to feel undervalued and unappreciated?

If so, YOU DESERVE BETTER… and our families and our patients deserve better!

We’re on a mission to bring together the best, most talented and caring, authentic individuals to create a world-class mission-centered behavioral health organization, focused on doing it the right way...

If you really want to make a difference in addiction treatment and be a happier, healthier version of yourself, we’d love to align with you!

BriteLife Recovery strives to be the preeminent provider for those living with substance use and co-occurring disorders. Our mission is to create the strongest foundation possible, built on empathy, safety and trust, in a picturesque environment, for our clients and their families to begin the healing process. BriteLife is currently open in Hanover, PA and Hilton Head Island, SC., with expansion coming soon to New York State.

What we provide you!!

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Enjoy a fully sponsored Health plan through APA with Cigna Network, ensuring your health needs are met with ease and quality.

• Additional Insurance Coverage: Access dental/vision insurance, accident insurance, short-term disability insurance, critical illness insurance, cancer insurance, and life insurance for comprehensive protection.

• Generous Leave Policy: Benefit from 40 hours of sick time and 80 hours of vacation annually, supporting your work-life balance and well-being.

• Holiday Benefits: Salaried employees receive 8 paid holidays, while hourly workers earn time and a half for holidays worked.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Gain access to emotional and work-life counseling, financial guidance, legal resources, and health and benefit services through our comprehensive EAP.

• Shift Differential: Receive additional compensation for your dedication with our shift differential program.

• Staff Development: Engage in our solid staff development program, fostering continuous growth and skill enhancement.

• Supportive Environment: Thrive in a great working environment that encourages collaboration, creativity, and mutual support.

• Career Growth: Explore endless growth opportunities and the chance to make a positive impact not only in our clients' lives but also in the recovery community.

• And More: Discover even more benefits and perks that make BriteLife Recovery a rewarding place to work.

What will you be doing?

Assessment Clinician

The BriteLife Way:
BriteLife Recovery is a comprehensive substance use treatment facility similarly designed to existing high-end facilities yet is affordable enough for Middle America. The protocol is a unique opportunity for recovery and lifestyle change with a proven mind, body, and spirit approach, experiential and customized to each patient’s needs. We will provide all this without the pitfalls of metropolitan areas and ease of access to narcotics or any mind-altering substances. This is the first site to offer a co-morbidity approach, blended with both proven 12 step and non 12 step intense therapy protocols to treatment. Utilizing the medical model and focusing on a truly medical/therapeutic approach to living with addiction and alcoholism. BriteLife will be the leader in the industry and will set a new standard for treatment and medical protocols at a higher level of client care than previously approached.

Overview of the Position:

The Assessment Clinician is responsible for conducting comprehensive client interviews and completing thorough assessments based on information gathered.  Using tools such as the Biopsychosocial Assessment, the Assessment Clinician contributes vital information to the client record that is used for treatment planning purposes. They ensure that client self-assessment measures are administered to meet compliance standards. The Assessment Clinician runs groups as needed and provides support to the clinician team as requested by the Clinical Director or Lead Therapist. 

Primary Tasks:

• Complete the Biopsychosocial Assessment, including case summary and diagnosis, within prescribed timeframes for each client.
• Assess clients using standardized or evidence-based assessment tools and diagnose clients based on DSM-5 criteria.
• Facilitate the administration of the BAM-R for clients within prescribed timeframes.
• Facilitate group therapy sessions, as assigned.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the six dimensions of ASAM and produce clinical documentation reflecting client functioning in each of the dimensions, as indicated.
• Participate actively and meaningfully in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Provide crisis intervention services to clients, as needed.
• Maintain a professional presentation that is consistent with the philosophy, mission, values, and goals of BriteLife Recovery.
• Adhere to all regulatory and compliance standards and guidelines.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.
  

Requirements:

• Job Type: Full- Time
• Complete annual education requirements.
• Maintainstandards of professional licensing/certificationprocedures and ethical behavior.Maintain client confidentiality.
• Report to work on time and as scheduled.
• Wearidentificationwhileonduty.
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Represent the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Clearly communicate the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization.

Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a behavioral health related field required.
• Working towards licensure and/or drug and alcohol certification.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency.
• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a behavioral health related field preferred.
• Drug and alcohol certification through state board (CADC, CAADC, ADC, AADC or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience in substance use disorders treatment preferred. 

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Paid time off
• The opportunity to make a positive impact not only in our clients' lives, but in the recovery community as well.
• Solid Staff Development Program
• Independence, responsibility and an opportunity to be a change agent in the recovery community.
• Great working environment
• Growth opportunities
• And more

EEO Statement

All BLR subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. BLR subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Keywords:SUD, Clinical, Substance use, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Clincian, Therapist, Counselor