Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) Hospital’s Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program (OTOP) is an opioid treatment program (OTP) providing comprehensive treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in San Francisco since 1973. OTOP serves adults of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, religions or spiritualties living in San Francisco with OUD who are low-income and uninsured or underinsured. Many of OTOPs clients have co-occurring disorders and significant physical health problems, including HIV. Additionally, they face significant cultural barriers to receiving quality, respectful care. OTOP provides methadone maintenance dosing and evidence-based counseling to opiate dependent clients at multiple locations including ZSFG campus, Bayview Van site, and San Francisco County Jail (SFCJ). Additional wrap around services offered include psychiatry, case management, alcohol use treatment, Hep C treatment, and Contingency Management for stimulant use.
Substance Use Counselors (Social Work Associates) provide a range of counseling and social work services to OTOP clients with multiple layers of instability and vulnerability including housing, financial, legal, medical care coordination, transportation, food and clothing. Services are provided to all OTOP clients with priority given to HIV+ clients, pregnant clients, incarcerated clients, and clients with severe and persistent mental health issues. Counselors are an essential part of OTOP’s multi-disciplinary team which includes licensed clinicians, registered/certified SUD counselors, nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors, and administrative staff. The incumbent provides culturally appropriate, evidence-based counseling and social work services, including mental health screenings, assessments, ongoing counseling sessions, brief interventions, and consultations with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams. Counselors are responsible for managing a caseload, which involves completing intakes, annual justifications for treatment, discharges, and documentation in a timely manner consistent with internal, local, state, and federal requirements. All counselors receive regular supervision from a counseling supervisor (CA BBS approved supervision for ASW, APCC and AMFT available as needed).
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• One year preferred work experience in human services.
• Motivational Interviewing training/experience preferred.
• Experience working with severely mentally ill adults, the homeless and dual diagnosis populations.
• Experience working with populations that are diverse in gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.
• Graduate school course work in psychology, counseling, social work, addiction studies, or public health leading to certification or licensure
• Case management experience and one year work experience in human services
• Experience with community outreach, peer educator programs, and volunteer supervision
• One or more years of experience working in opiate treatment programs
• Prior UCSF experience
• BA/BS degree and one year of related experience, or five years of related experience providing prevocational, job development services, substance abuse counseling, or employment counseling
• Knowledge of Harm Reduction theory.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience providing culturally competent care with populations that are diverse in gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.
• Knowledge of the health and psycho-social problems associated with opioid dependence and other substance use and dependence disorders.
• Knowledge of effective treatments for opioid dependence and other substance use disorders.
• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to work in a high stress, high volume clinical environment, and work well under pressure and with deadlines.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions accurately, and be detailed oriented.
• Able to efficiently prepare clinical notes and written summaries of activities, set priorities and complete notes and reports within required timeframes.
• Knowledge of medical and psychiatric terminology.
• Good oral, written, and telephone communication skills.
• Demonstrate excellent attendance and reliability.
• Demonstrate professional behavior in a multi-disciplinary clinical environment.
