Horizon House, Inc. is a nationally recognized provider of services to adults with support needs due to developmental disabilities, behavioral health issues, and substance abuse. Horizon House is Pennsylvania's oldest psychiatric rehabilitation agency. Since 1952, we have been dedicated to helping people with mental illness, drug and alcohol addictions, developmental/intellectual disabilities, and homelessness to stabilize their lives and to help them live as independently as possible in the community. With over 100 locations throughout South and North Eastern Pennsylvania and the state of Delaware, Horizon House provides services to a diverse population focusing on individual strength and choice.
We are seeking qualified candidates for the position of D&A Professional, who as a member of the ACT multidisciplinary team has the responsibility to carry out rehabilitation and support functions and assist in treatment, provide substance abuse services, education, support and consultation to families; and provide crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Being a member of the individual treatment team for an assigned number of clients.
- Participate in the client-centered comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history (e.g., onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living a(e.g., self-care, living situation, nutrition, moneymanagement); and family structure and relationships.
- Consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
- Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.
- Participate in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings.
- Assist in the provision of ongoing assessment of clients' mental illness symptoms and clients' responses to treatment. Make appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior that put clients at risk (e.g., suicidal).
- Assist in the provision of direct clinical services to clients on a individual, group and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication and to promote personal growth and development by assisting clients to adapt to and cope with internal and external stresses.
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