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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01141986 - 1.22 1-OtirV POSITION ADJUSTMENT REQUEST No. /3 8.2-3 C; Date: _12/23/85 Dept. No./ fil 0! 1!1 Copers Department Health Services/ADAMH Budget Unit No. 0467 Org, No. 5932• Agency No. 54 Action Requested: clacci,fW two (2) 40/40 Discovery Counsellor II positions. Proposed Effective Date: 1/15/86 Explain why adjustment is needed: To continue drug abuse services in East County formerly- rovided through contract with REACH Project, Inc. gM tUmmIn attached: Yes " No [] 12/6/85 memo with Description of duties Estimated cost of adjustment: S 30,000 (FY85-86) Cost is within department's budget: Yes ® No If not within budget, use reverse side to explain how costs are to ke fu Department must initiate necessary appropriation adjustment. Use additional sheets for further explanations or comments. WEB BE7 E D t ersonnel Offihe (fbr) De artment Head Personnel Department Recommendation Date: Classify two 40/40 Discovery Counsellor II positions, Salary Level C5 1222 (1542-1874)_. _ 3 • 'r Amend Resolution 71/17 establishing positions and resolutions allocating classes to the Basic/Exempt Salary Schedule, as described above. Effective: (q day following Board action. d Date or Direct-or rsonne 3 County Administrator Recommendation Date: '`Z Approve Recommendation of Director of Personnel D Disapprove Recommendation of Director of Personnel t a Other: - - a F for ounty Administrator Board of Supervisors ActionPhil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Adjustment APPROVED/1 3APPA ED on JAN 14 1986 Supervisors and County Admiaistrator Date: JAN 14 1986 By; f�f RRRS APPROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT CONSTITUTES A PERSONNEL/SALARY RESOLUTION AMENDMENT. U r rnn CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE/MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION To: Web Beadle Date: December 6, 1985 Personnel Director From: Bob Proctor Subject: Duties of Discovery Counselor Asst. Division Admini trator II's to be Assigned to Pittsburg By: Jack Champlin Acting Drug Program Chief The work assignments for the two Discovery Counselor II's to be assigned to Pittsburg will include duties in a community based unit and directly within schools of the Pittsburg Unified School District. Typical tasks will include the following areas of counseling, education and information. Substance abuse counseling. This activity will take place in school group classroom setting, in school facilities with individuals and family members, and individually and with family members in a community based discovery center office. Crisis intervention counseling. This activity will take place on referrals from school officials or by self-referral for individuals needing short-term support and guidance or referral during periods of personal crisis. Substance abuse prevention. This activity will include a wide variety of pre- vention strategies for youth and families which will include but not be limited to educational events and alternate recreational activities for the Pittsburg Unified School District and the community of Pittsburg. Public speaking engagements. This activity will include substance abuse educa- tional talks and discussions, and information talks about program services in the Pittsburg area. Maintaining client oriented data and narrative reporting. This activity will meet County and State recordkeeping and narrative reporting requirements for drug abuse programs. None of the activities or tasks listed above will include client testing; diagnosis or psychotherapy. Both positions must be at the experienced II level because they will often be working independently in different schools with only general supervision provided by the Drug Program Administrator (Hanunah Ziad Ross) and the Drug Abuse Program Chief. cc: Ray Philbin Stuart McCullough Gale Bataille �-41 ri 10/81 ? BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM• Mark Finucane Contra Health Services Director CJVJIa DATE: (Z/Z�/�� /f co rt SUBJECT: Establishment of Two New Discovery Counselor II Positions WUllly in Pittsburg Using Existing State Short-Doyle Funding SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION 1:. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve appropriate personnel actions to establish two new 40/40 Discovery Counselor II positions to replace recently terminated early intervention drug abuse contract services to youth and families in the City of Pittsburg area and the Pittsburg Unified School District. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: These two new positions will not produce any increase in cost to the County because they are fully funded by an internal transfer of money that is budgeted in the Alcohol/Drug Abuse/Mental Health Division's FY 85-86 Budget for drug program services contract #24-243 with REACH Project, Inc. The $108,384 budgeted contract amount will be reduced by over $40,000 in Cost Center 5942 which is sufficient to fund both full-time Discovery Counselor II positions at approximately $30,000 for FY 85-86 in the Division's Discovery Centers Cost Center 5932. These positions are funded 90% by the County's State Short-Doyle Allocation with 10% matching County funds. III. REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: The Board of Directors of REACH Project, Inc. terminated their operation of the contract-funded early intervention drug abuse services program (formerly called the Alternatives For Youth Program) for youth and families in the Pittsburg area, effective 10/15/85. This program has been serving no fewer than 150 youth and thein families annually who have drug abuse related problems and who are at risk of serious escalation of negative behaviors. Approval of these two Discovery Counselor II positions will ensure a continuity of service to this community, particularly through the schools. Furthermore, the Discovery Center model has proven successful in operations in other locations in the County through considerable community program support and match funding. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATUREISI: ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. j CC: ATTESTED PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY Board Order (page 2) Establishment of Two New Discovery Counselor II Positions in Pittsburg Using Existing State Short-Doyle Funding IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: The County has a commitment to service in Pittsburg which is based on the continuing needs of the children in that area. Without intervention, these youth are at risk of involvement in the criminal justice, social services and mental health systems at a much greater cost to the County. The serious effects of drug abuse threaten the very lives of these clients if their problems are not addressed.