Are you looking to find personal and professional fulfillment, and align your career with your values?
At Gateway Foundation, our employees have an opportunity to make a difference every day by helping people with substance abuse issues gain control of their lives.
Gateway Foundation is a recognized non-profit leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine-including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses-deliver care that never stops. Throughout Gateway's proud history of helping others, dedicated and professional employees have been vital to accomplishing our life-saving mission. about the incredible recognition that we recieved!
If you are a collaborative professional who shares our commitment to helping people with substance abuse and mental health issues turn their lives around - GATEWAY IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!
Institutional Chemical Dependency Technician are responsible for:
- Monitors and observes clients, ensures their safety and well-being, and provides motivational support and guidance to assist them in meeting therapeutic goals.
- Reports client observations and contributes to treatment decisions concerning therapy, discipline, and privileges.
- Ensures safety and well-being of clients by continuously supervising therapeutic and recreational activities, monitoring client break periods and movement; intervening as necessary to control or channel inappropriate behaviors, making rounds, touring grounds and taking census counts
- Guides and assists clients in complying with Center rules and regulations. Supervises client work functions in accordance with program policies; initiates lights out or morning wake up routines according to established schedules.
- Monitors client behavior and reports incidents, inappropriate or unusual behaviors to appropriate treatment team members.
- Performs variety of related office and technical duties as necessary
- Duties may vary by Center assigned.
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED, and at least 30 semester hours from a college or university accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or one year of comparable work experience in a human services related profession.
- Substance abuse practicum program is preferred.
- General knowledge of the physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning level of the client population; and the demonstrated ability to appropriately interact, tailor interventions, including de-escalation techniques, and communicate with clients based on their individual maturation.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to walk or move about facilities for up to two hours at a time, to monitor and interact with clients.
- Ability to speak with others in order to exchange information and provide support.
- Ability to proofread and check documents and files for accuracy on a regular basis
- Ability to respond to telephones and pages, and to hear and detect alarms and unusual noises.
Why Join Us:
- Play a key role in helping to expand substance use and mental health services in your community
- Thrive within a culture of collaboration and mutual respect
- Use Clinical service curriculum that is evidence based with data proven results
- Financial assistance for maintaining licensure and continuing education
- Upward mobility opportunities and ongoing training and development
- $1,000 bonus per referral that leads to successful hire
Competitive Compensation and Benefits:
Gateway Foundation values its employees and provides an inclusive and diverse work environment where dedicated employees can make a difference. We are committed to engaging and rewarding our employees in meaningful ways. For eligible employees, we provide a Total Rewards Package that includes:
- Health Insurance - Including a wellness premium incentive opportunity
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off - Including 18 days of PTO and 9 paid holidays in the first year
- Catastrophic Absence Time (CAT) - Accrue up to seven days annually, to be used during an extended personal illness
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Accounts
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Gateway is a qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Training & Development Programs
Gateway Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.