Substance Treatment Counselor Graduate Student Intern
ARTS has openings for Substance Treatment Counselor Student Intern positions for the 2023 semesters
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus seeks Substance Use Treatment Counselor Student Internship candidates within the Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS) Adult Outpatient Program, with clinic locations in Denver, Aurora and Arvada. ARTS Adult Outpatient clinics provide drug and alcohol assessment, psychosocial and pharmacological treatment for adults. Programs in various clinic locations include traditional outpatient, intensive outpatient and may contain specialty services for clients referred by the criminal justice system, county departments of human services, and services for pregnant women, individuals who are HIV positive and gender responsive services.
Examples of Work Performed
- Under supervision, the student/intern provides individual, family and/or group therapy as indicated for a caseload of 10—25 clients with substance use or co-occurring disorder(s).
- Under supervision, develops and maintains individualized treatment plans, progress notes, and thorough clinical records on each client.
- Participates as a member of the treatment team in evaluating and planning for individual clients and the client population as a whole. Attends weekly case conference and at least one staff meeting per week.
- Under supervision, evaluates clients for admission to outpatient substance use treatment and recommends alternative treatment as indicated
- Maintains good working relationships with clinic staff and networking agencies
- Participates in on-going weekly supervision with the ARTS Clinical Supervisor at a minimum of one hour per week, with additional supervision as required. Supervision includes review of audio and/or video tapes of some client sessions.\
- Assists as necessary with telephone and walk-in reception, and urinalysis collection from patients of the same gender.
- Participate in selected in-service training.
- Maintain documentation in patient charts
- Develop and carry out individualized treatment plans and case management duties as needed to meet the needs of clients
- Coordinate care with ancillary care providers and external constituents
- Performing related work as assigned or required
- This position primarily provides services to clients with a substance use disorder. Some positions have the opportunity to work closely with problem solving courts, the Veterans Affairs Administration, Social or Human Services, and other referral sources.
- Most student intern positions work between 7-10 hours per week, up to a maximum of 25 hours per week.
- Some positions may be morning shifts (6:00am-2:30pm) and others may be afternoon shifts (10:30am-7:00pm)
Pay and Benefits
- The stipend for this position is $15.87 per hour.
- This position is NOT eligible for overtime compensation.
- This position is NOT eligible for benefits.
COVID-19 policy
The University of Colorado has a requirement for COVID-19 vaccinations and full completion thereof by 9/1/21 or upon start date. Information regarding this requirement, and exemptions can be found at:
Exemptions vary by campus location/department.
Campus/Unit-Specific Exemptions:
- Anschutz Campus – Exemptions are allowed for medical or religious reasons.
- Denver Campus - Exemptions are allowed for medical, religious, or personal reasons.
- Consolidated/Central Services Administration – Will follow Anschutz policy on exemptions.
Diversity and Equity
The University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources ADA Coordinator at hr.adacoordinator@ucdenver.edu.
The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse student body, faculty and administrative staff. The university strives to promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, communication and understanding. We encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities and all veterans. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees.
Minimum Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a minimum of an associate's or bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, human services, or another closely-related field; AND
- Must be currently enrolled as a concentration or second-year student in a Master’s program in psychology, social work, counseling, human services, or another closely-related field.
- Substitution
- There are no substitutions for the Minimum Qualifications.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with therapeutic confrontation and structures.
- Experience conducting individual and/or family counseling.
Competencies
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Client de-escalation skills.
- Ability to engage substance dependent clients in treatment.
- Ability to comply with established rules, policies and procedures and meet deadlines.
- Ability to be open-minded and nonjudgmental.
- Ability to develop healthy relationships with clients.
- Ability to establish boundaries with clients.
- Ability to exercise discretion (e.g. patient confidentiality).
- Ability to communicate effectively in written form, which includes the ability to check for typographical, grammatical and spelling errors.
Conditions of Employment:
- Must agree to undergo a fingerprinting, criminal background check and/or a CRCP child registry check, AND successfully pass the check(s).
Subject to pre-employment, post-accident, post-incident or reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing per UCD Addiction Research and Treatment Services Department Policies