As an Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program Assistant in a New York State correctional facility, you would provide ongoing treatment services to inmates with substance use disorders. You would develop treatment findings and conclusions based on an admission and comprehensive evaluation; establish a substance use disorder diagnostic impression; develop and implement a person-centered treatment plan for each assigned inmate; continually evaluate and document the level and quality of participation and progression towards reasonably applied goals for each inmate; and provide services to ensure successful treatment. You would work with other facility staff and provide such services in a variety of treatment modalities in order to assist the inmate in addiction rehabilitation. These services include: recruiting, screening, orientation, assessment, treatment planning and reviewing, coordinating educational and treatment services using various media, continuing recovery planning, and individual and group counseling. You would be responsible for all mandatory treatment recording.

　　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-case work-consultation-the development of substance use disorder diagnostic impression

　　Submit resume and credentials to: Gouverneur Correctional Facility c/o Personnel 112 Scotch Settlement Road PO Box 370 Gouverneur, NY 13642-0370

　　or fax it to: 315-287-7364