Substance Abuse Professional (TEAP)

The TEAP Coordinator position provides support for a U.S Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. The Job Corps program is a federally-funded residential training program. The mission of Job Corps is to provide career-ready technical and academic training and job placement assistance to program eligible youth ages 16-24.

Summary of Duties: The TEAP Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and implementing the Trainee Employee Assistance Program (TEAP) and Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Programs which includes assessment, prevention, intervention, counseling, relapse prevention and education.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Promotes the Wellness Program initiatives and functions.

• Follows all integrity guidelines and procedures and ensures no confidentiality and manipulation of student information/data.

• Ensures proper documentation and accountability of student’s medical records.
• Provides prevention and intervention services and short-term treatment that will enhance student participation in the program and employability.
• Promotes healthy choices that will have a positive impact on student’s physical and emotional well-being.
• Provides students with information and skills that will allow them to make appropriate choices regarding health care needs and to demonstrate acceptable workplace behavior that will enhance their opportunity for employment.
• Provides training and workshops to staff and students related to healthy lifestyle choices, substance use and tobacco cessation.
• Ensures the TEAP program meets requirements set by DOL, Corporate and Center policies.
• Ensures that TEAP is discussed with students at all points during the arrival process.
• Ensures that program has components of assessment, intervention, counseling, relapse prevention, prevention, and education.
• Ensures that the program is taught through all phases of CDSS. Ensures that the program is administered as described in the PRH.
• Ensures specimen collection and handling comply with chain of custody procedures.
• Provides group counseling as it relates to TEAP.
• Coordinates activities with Center staff, students and community resources.
• Networks with Center staff and community agencies to provide support services to students.
• Assists in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for program components.
• Works with the CMHC, Center physician, health and wellness staff, and other designated staff to ensure intervention components are fully understood and integrated on-Center.
• Works in conjunction with the Recreation Department to assist in developing leisure activities and incentives to reinforce drug- and alcohol-free lifestyles.
• Acts as liaison to CMHC and behavior management for TEAP issues.
• Administers Center’s smoking cessation program to prevent the onset of tobacco use and to promote tobacco-free individuals and environments.
• Provides educational materials and activities that support the delaying and/or cessation of tobacco use.
• Tracks progress of students.
• Ensures required reporting and documentation in smoking cessation and related activities.
• Develops and maintains a list of students involved in the program.
• Monitors statistical information about students who test positive on entry and attainments in the program.
• Maintains TEAP statistics for reporting to the DOL.
• Ensures required and accurate reporting of all TEAP related data.
• Enters information into the CIS and keeps necessary files and records.
• Maintains accurate hard and electronic copy files as necessary to ensure department meets DOL, Corporate, and Center expectations.
• Runs CIS reports to ensure information entered is accurate.

Credentials:

Education and Experience

Must possess an active, unrestricted substance abuse license or certification that meets minimum state licensing or certification requirements to practice in the state where the center is located. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Certifications, Licenses, Registration

Valid state driver’s license; Substance Abuse Treatment Certification; CPR/First Aid certifications

Physical Demand

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen, sit, stand, and walk; to reach with hands, arms, as well as use hands to finger, handle or feel, to taste and smell. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision capabilities required by this job include; close, distance and peripheral vision.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of what employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Must maintain a safe and healthy workplace. Make daily safety inspections as needed, follow the safe work practices. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level can vary from moderate to loud.