168620
SOCIAL SERVICE COUNSELOR 4-B
SS414 $44,637 - $80,434
Creation Date: 08/16/2004
Change Date: 01/01/2025
FUNCTION OF WORK:To serve as a certified addiction counselor.
LEVEL OF WORK:SUPERVISION RECEIVED:Broad from a Social Service Counselor 5, social worker, or other higher-level social services personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:May provide functional supervision to lower-level counselors and other direct care providers.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from the Professional Counselor job series by the absence of a master's degree and licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Differs from Social Service Counselors 1, 2, and 3 by serving as a certified addiction counselor.
Differs from Social Service Counselor 4-A by the absence of responsibility for assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of specialized programs.
Differs from a Social Service Counselor 5 by absence of supervisory responsibility.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE, CORE COMPETENCIES ARE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS,
ABILITIES AND BEHAVIORS BASED ON THE WORK TASKS OUTLINED IN THE EXAMPLES OF WORK.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND
HERE.
| Accepting Direction | Demonstrating Accountability | Focusing on Customers |
| Making Accurate Judgments | Managing Stakeholders | |
EXAMPLES OF WORK:EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Participates in the decision making process of the treatment team including formulating therapeutic activities and recommending a treatment plan.
Meets with officials of local and state agencies, professional organizations, advocacy organizations and private providers to develop and maintain a viable service delivery system.
Serves as a group leader/facilitator in a peer group made up of persons with addictive disorders in order to educate them on coping with such difficulties.
Serves as liaison and coordinator between individuals, their families, the community, and service providers.
Evaluates and monitors services and redirects when indicated.
May provide expert testimony and recommendations on behalf of clients in court cases in response to judges and other officers of the court.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Six years of social services experience; OR
Six years of full-time experience in any field plus three years of social services experience; OR
A bachelor's degree plus three years of social services experience; OR
An advanced degree in a social sciences field plus two years of social services experience.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Positions that provide addictive disorder counseling or prevention services will require certification or eligibility for certification issued by the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA), or its successor.