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Career Objective:
To work as a chemical dependency counselor for “Universal Health Services, Inc.” and perform appropriate diagnosis, evaluation, and intervention for treating addicts.
Summary of Skills:
- Experience in counseling patients dependent on chemicals, drug, and alcohol
- Excellent public speaking and interpersonal skills
- Passionate, intuitive, matured, and compassionate individual
- Ability to work independently and with healthcare professionals
- Experience in handling stressful situations and violent behavior of addicted
- Excellent assessment, diagnosis, care-giving skills
- Knowledge of the counseling and treatment procedures, equipment, and tools
- Ability to manage caseload and coordinate with multidisciplinary systems
Work Experience:
Chemical Dependency Counselor
Triumph Treatment Center, Stockton, CA
April 2014 – Present
- Assess, diagnose, and evaluate patients’ conditions and plan treatment
- Apply best policies and standard practices in treating patients
- Coordinate with clinical service manager for patient treatment
- Perform triaging and handle referral cases at priority basis
- Communicate with family members, collect addiction history, and inform patient’s recovery
- Identify, prioritize, and document clinical issues for treatment and care
- Recognize and document symptoms of addictions for diagnosis
Chemical Dependency Counselor
HTO Foundation, Stockton, CA
May 2012 – March 2014
- Developed personalized treatment and continual care plans
- Coordinated with heathcare professionals, family members, friends, and outside agencies
- Performed family counseling and conducted short training on handling addicts
- Identified the root cause of additions in patients and found ways to reduce dependency
- Engaged patients, family members, and the staff in fighting crisis
- Provided psychiatric services and ensured proper mental health of patients
- Assessed chemical dependency and planned individual counseling
- Performed intensive case management working closely with healthcare professionals
Education:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Counseling
BRC College, Stockton, CA
2011
Reference:
On request.