Employment
Our employees are actively engaged in helping people live lives full of health, love, dignity and respect. We maintain a diverse set of services and are always seeking talented people to join in our work. New Traditions is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits to its employees.
WORK CULTURE: We are a small group of women from different cultural backgrounds (80% of staff identify as women of color) who are dedicated to assisting women, their children, and family members to build healthier families free from substance use and violence at home.
Diversity & Safety: We are committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment for ALL women of different backgrounds. We believe the healing process takes place only when we feel safe enough to do so. Every person is asked to participate in maintaining a safe environment for all women and their children by reflecting on our own biases to dismantle institutionalized racism, Anti-Blackness, and other forms of social injustice in our community.
Work-Life Balance: We value work-life balance for our employees. We believe we must be a role model to our clients by caring for ourselves and providing excellent services while maintaining healthy relationships with our own families.
Collaboration: We believe that collaboration among the care team is the key to the successful delivery of services. We value and respect each other’s educational background and work experience as much as life experience to serve the complex needs of individual families.
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Attention: HR
206-971-5067
Women's SUD Counselor (Part-time)
JOB SUMMARY: We are currently seeking a part-time Women’s Counselor (SUDP/SUDPT) to provide family-centered Women’s outpatient substance use treatment: walk-in assessments, counseling sessions (group, individual, family), and case management services. The Women’s Counselor will provide comprehensive behavioral health treatment for the individuals and their families, addressing SUD issues. Our Women’s Counselors must have the ability to build collaborative working relationships with internal and external providers. We build relationships with providers who come from different educational/cultural backgrounds and manage different priorities. Part-time counselors maintain a maximum of 15 active clients on a caseload to provide high-quality comprehensive care to clients. Work schedule will be Monday - Friday between 9am - 3pm (to 4pm once a week), some flexibility may be allowed (25-28 hours/week).
*** An ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the specific needs of low-income women, especially parenting women in the early recovery process. A good candidate will also have the flexibility to learn specialized treatment model/methods to effectively serve the special population with attention to excellent customer service.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school in social service-related field
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WA State DOH license for SUDP
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Experience in direct services to low-income women and their families from diverse backgrounds
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Experience implementing evidence-based group curriculum (DBT, Seeking Safety, Nurturing Parenting, other SUD psycho-education curriculum)
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Understanding of family-centered treatment model for women with children
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Understand and navigate in-house computer system in a Mac environment
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Must demonstrate an ability to work constructively and creatively in a team setting (with the internal team & external service provider network)
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Ability to write clinical reports and narrative summaries to the court in a timely manner
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Must be free from misuse of alcohol and drugs for the past five years
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
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Understanding of Child Welfare System in WA
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Master’s Degree from an accredited school in social service-related field
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Bilingual/Bicultural
To Apply: Please send cover letter and resume. Optional: instead of a cover letter you may submit a writing sample or an assessment summary you wrote (without protected health info). Email resume and cover letter to hr@new-traditions.org
Hours: Part-time (25-28 hours/week), Monday-Friday 9:00 start time (NO evening/weekend hours), some flexibility with work schedule is allowed
Compensation: DOE range: $34-45 hourly
Benefits for part-time Counselors:
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We offer weekly supervision, supervision hours towards licensing, paid training, and reimbursement for SUDP/T license expenses (application and annual license fee).
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualified.
Office Location: New Traditions 9045 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106