CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR

Description

Job Summary: A professional responsible for advising, assisting, informing, supporting, and treating individuals dependent on substances and their families, accompanying their treatment and recovery process. Key Highlights: 1. Providing guidance and support to users undergoing chemical dependency treatment. 2. Actively participating in patient care and reception. 3. Facilitating the overcoming of barriers to maintaining treatment. Chemical dependency counseling is an integral part of the work performed by all professionals operating in this field. The practices defining a Chemical Dependency Counselor’s responsibilities include advising, assisting, informing, supporting, and treating substance users or dependents and their families. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Accompany and approach users before, after, and during their detoxification and recovery treatment process; * Participate in daytime and nighttime care at Crisis Housing units; * Provide clear information regarding behavioral changes in users; * Assist patients in identifying and practically overcoming existing barriers that may compromise motivation for initiating and maintaining treatment; * Help patients identify problem situations that could lead\-them to relapse; * Ensure a therapeutic environment; * Maintain order within the unit; * Monitor expenses and replenishment of consumable materials, including expiration dates; * Supply the unit with materials, equipment, and clothing required for user care; * Participate in patient reception; * Maintain ongoing relationships with patients, helping them overcome barriers; * Accompany patient referrals whenever necessary; * Attend clinical meetings jointly with other members of the multidisciplinary team; * Notify the unit manager about the need for repairs to equipment/facilities and physical infrastructure; * Conduct Active Patient Search as directed by the manager; **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed Elementary Education; * Preferred: Completed High School Education; **Additional Information** Hiring Unit: **Reception Unit** Monthly Working Hours: **180h** Work Schedule: **6x1 rotating shift, from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM** **Benefits:** * Life Insurance * Transportation Allowance * Meal Voucher * Partnerships with Sesc and Tangará Monthly Salary Range: **R$1\.500,00 to R$1\.900,00** **SPDM** \- Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina (São Paulo Association for the Development of Medicine) is a non-profit, philanthropic civil association, federally, state, and municipally recognized as being of public utility, pursuant to Decrees No. 57\.925, dated 03/04/1966; No. 40\.103, dated 05/17/1962; and No. 8\.911, dated 07/30/1970, respectively. The Association’s primary directive is its integration into the health system, focusing on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serving everyone without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** has been expanding its scope of activities through projects currently under development in Social Assistance and Education. This broad range of initiatives increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), aiming primarily to guarantee universality and equitable access to health services — essential elements for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture embracing diversity, empowering our staff to deliver their best performance. All qualified candidates will be considered for open positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals meeting minimum requirements. We value idea-sharing, teamwork, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To provide excellent, non-discriminatory, unbiased, and unclassified healthcare to all citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as the largest and most competent Brazilian philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Capacity Building * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency **About UAIs** Uberlândia City’s Integrated Care Units (UAIs) offer comprehensive assistance services, significantly contributing preventive and curative actions for users of Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), adapting dynamically to the needs of Uberlândia Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) to serve the population of Uberlândia/MG. SPDM – Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina assumed management of Uberlândia City’s Integrated Care Units (UAIs) on June 1, 2018, striving for excellence in public healthcare delivery and commitment to SUS principles. Accordingly, SPDM’s operational and assistance activities across Uberlândia City’s three health service sectors — Central-North Sector, West Sector — are distributed among six categories totaling forty-nine (49) physical units, namely: * Home-Based Care \- “Better at Home” * Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) * Basic Health Units (UBS) * Family Health Basic Units (UBSF) * Specialized Care Units * Integrated Care Units (UAIs) If you identify with the Institution’s mission and wish to become part of this journey, please submit your resume!