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Job Description

 

EDUCATION:  Must meet the education requirements for the Substance Abuse Specialist class specifications.  Preferred that the employee:  Meets the requirements to take the exam for certified substance abuse counselor bachelor’s or master’s degree or higher which requires a degree from an accredited school with a major in social work, psychology, counseling psychology, substance abuse counseling, or other counseling or mental health field and provides documentation showing the following information:  A minimum of two hundred seventy hours of substance abuse specific education.  Six hours of education on professional ethics.  Six hours of education on Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2 (Confidentiality:  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records).  Six hours of education on HIV and AIDS including issues related to confidentiality of records.

 

EXPERIENCE:  1.  Must meet the experience requirements for the Substance Abuse Specialist class specifications.  2.  Preferred that the employee:  Meets the requirements to take the exam for certified substance abuse counselor which includes:  a.  Completed four thousand hours of clinically supervised work experience providing direct alcohol and drug treatment services at the bachelor level or two thousand hours at the master’s level.  The experience shall be documented by the clinical supervisor.  The clinical supervisor must be employed or contracted by the program or agency in which the work experience is gained.  b.  Provides documentation of four hundred hours of supervised practical training in the Twelve-Core functions are the tasks and skills of screening, intake, orientation, assessment, referral, treatment planning, counseling, crisis intervention, client education, case management, report and record keeping, and consultation as applied to substance abuse clients.  A minimum of twenty hours shall be completed in each of the Twelve Core function areas.  The four hundred hours may be included in the four thousand hours or two thousand hours of experience required in D.1.a., The four hundred hours shall be completed under the supervision of a certified substance abuse counselor.

 

LICENSE:  Possession of a current State of Hawaii Certified Substance Abuse Counselor Certification is preferred.  Possession of a Valid Hawaii State Type 3 Driver’s License is preferred.

 

 

Who May Apply

 

LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK REQUIREMENT:  The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the Unites States.

How to Apply

 

Submit completed State of Hawaii Application for Non-Civil Service Appointment, resume, and salary requirements to:

Department of Health

Adult Mental Health Division

1250 Punchbowl St. Room 256

Honolulu, HI  96813

Attn:  Personnel

 

Application packet at:  https://health.hawaii.gov/employme​nt/job-opportunities/

Other Information

 

For additional information, you may contact Adele Mattoon at [email protected] or 808-586-4676.

 

Recruitment is continuous until needs are met for position no. 125383.

 

This position is exempt from civil service.  Employment in such positions is considered to be “at will.”