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Title of Position: DUI Evaluator

Position Type: Part-time, Non-Exempt

Hours: 20-25 per week

Pay Rate: $18.00 per hour

Location: Melbourne, FL

Who are we?

Founded by concerned citizens in 1953, the Florida Safety Council, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was established to make the roads safer. We are the HSMV licensed DUI Program that serves Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. Our mission is to reduce preventable injuries and save lives through highly effective safety and health training, professional testing and monitoring. We promote safety in every phase of life: in the home, on the road, in schools, businesses, industrial facilities and government.

Why join us?

Our full-time employees enjoy generous PTO, 10 paid holidays, group health, dental, and vision insurance, 2x annual salary life insurance benefit, dependent life insurance benefit, and 401 (k) participation after one year.

All employees enjoy a family-type relaxed atmosphere, work/life balance, birthday recognition, anniversary recognition (5, 10, 15, etc.), and our mission makes the work rewarding!

Summary of essential job functions:

• Conduct psychosocial evaluations of students enrolled in the DUI Counterattack Programs to determine the existence of an alcohol and/or substance abuse problem.
• Score and evaluate all psychometric instruments. Consult the Evaluator's Guide for Critical Factors to make appropriate assessments.
• Conduct a psychosocial interview with each student using required forms.
• Provide an explanation of the evaluation and make recommendations to the student.
• If required, assist the student in selecting an appropriate treatment facility.
• Attend weekly or monthly face-to-face Clinical Supervision sessions with a DHSMV certified Clinical Supervisor.
• Attend required monthly Group Clinical Staffing with the Clinical Supervisor.
• Validate client folders by reviewing correspondence from treatment providers, the courts, and DHSMV.
• Write appropriate response letters to treatment providers, the courts, DHSMV.
• Provide at least one case for review during monthly staffing.
• Ensure all forms and correspondences are reviewed for legibility.
• Ensure that the most current approved forms are being utilized.
• Assist in case management and correspondence for clients on case status.
• Provide written detailed information covering each evaluation in the student file folder.
• Attend DHSMV approved and required advanced training to maintain certification.
• Complete all in-service training as required to maintain certification.
• Ensure that the DUI Program File room doors are locked when departing at the end of shift.
• Conduct phone appointments as requested.
• Read work emails each workday, and review tracking notes prior to each appointment.
• If also DHSMV certified and trained as a Special Supervision Services Evaluator, the same pay rate and annual training requirements apply. SSS Program clients have 5-year, 10-year, and lifetime revocations of their driving privileges.
  • Conduct an update appointment with Supervision clients in accordance with administrative rules, using DHSMV forms and reviewing records received since last appointment.
  • Conduct an initial appointment with Supervision applicants in accordance with administrative rules, and present the applicant's file to the Clinical Staffing.
  • Clearly document and prepare SSS annual reviews such that Clinical Supervisors may make critical decisions by reviewing your document.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, nursing, or doctorate in medicine (M.D.).
• Be able to document 4,000 hours of experience in mental health/rehabilitative direct client services, or medical care specific to substance abuse. Master's degree may be substituted for 2,000 hours of experience.
• A Certified Addiction Professional (CAP) status, a Certified Criminal Justice Addiction Professional (CCJAP), or 14,000 hours of experience in human services may be substituted for a degree that is not in human services but will not preclude the requirement for a minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
• Each beginning Evaluator must attend the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) provided pre-service training. After standard certification, DUI Evaluators shall complete a minimum of twenty-four hours advanced training during the 2-year DHSMV certification period.
• Windows-based computer typing experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching.
• May require lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, calculators, the telephone and other office equipment.
• Requires normal range of hearing and vision.
• Interaction primarily with clients and co-workers.

Florida Safety Council is a(n):

• Drug-free workplace with smoke-free campuses
• Equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law
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