Gleny Vargas

· Provide clinical sevices, patient care, education, opiotes addiction counseling services to patient receiving methadone maintenance and detoxification treatement.

· Provide patient advocacy and liaison sercies with community and regulatory agencies as needed (CSAT, State Methadone Authority, Probation/Parole Office, courtesy dosin, housing, food etc) and comply with all federal and state regulatory standards as specified.

· Coordinate with medical professioanals to facilitate annual justifications, approval for step levels/exceptions and dose adjustments for patient and monitoring condition of patients to evaluate success of therapy, and adapt treatment as needed.

· Collaborates with the care team (registered nurse, medical director, behavioral health specialists, social workers, etc.) to support enrollees; works with enrollees to identify and achieve shared treatment goals, assists enrollees to follow treatment recommendations, practice healthy behaviors and access necessary social and medical support services and programs (AA meetings, support groups, etc.),

· Links enrollees with resources and empowers them to use them to their advantage, uses recovery strategies such as motivational interviewing, harm reduction and strength-based approaches to support enrollees in attaining stated goals, conducts visits in the home or in other locations in the community, either alone or with other members of the care team, to provide guidance, support, education and coaching. Follows up by telephone, as necessary.

Arranges for translation services as needed and helps tailor information to literacy level on topics such as medication adherence, nutrition, exercise, fall prevention, home safety, substance abuse, advance directives.