Clinician

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Full Time Bachelor and Master level Counselors (Clinician/Therapist ) needed!



Phoenix House Florida is a non-profit, substance use treatment facility providing individualized services with a legacy spanning nearly 30 years. Phoenix House Florida is one of the largest residential not for profit facilities in the state of Florida. We can provide services for up to 250 clients in our beautiful residential facility that sits on 26 acres. Our Tampa facility offers adult residential services in separate units for men and women, and our Brandon facility offers adult and adolescent services on an outpatient basis. At Phoenix House Florida we are passionate about healing individuals, families, and communities challenged by substance use disorders and related mental health conditions.



ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform mental health screening and bio-psychosocial assessments on potential admissions, and make judgments on admission acceptance or rejection.
Recommend follow-up treatment for new admissions with Axis I or II diagnosis.
Provide individual, group, family therapy, and other clinical services.
Perform urine drug screening.
Maintain current, accurate and confidential clinical documentation and reports in a timely manner.
Hold clients accountable when necessary for inappropriate or negative behaviors, and utilize effective confrontation techniques and behavior interventions to help improve behavior.
Ensure debriefing with staff at the beginning and end of each shift with the oncoming staff.
Ensure immediate communication with program leadership on outstanding incidents involving absconders, physical violence, suicidal threats, and physical accidents involving staff or clients, and extreme negative behavior.
Ensure program quality and integrity through the effective compliance with contracting and licensing agency established guidelines.
Participate in staff meetings and training exercises as directed.
Represent Phoenix House Florida in court, inter-agency meetings, and commun

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