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  • New NIDA resource helps families navigate addiction treatment options January 17, 2012
    A new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program.  It was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is available to the public free online or in hard copy t […]
  • Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens December 14, 2011
    Cigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year's survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking as well as continued high rates of abuse of other tobacco products […]
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey December 9, 2011
    The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 14, to announce the results of its 2011 Monitoring the Future survey. The survey, funded by NIDA—part of the National Institutes of Health—tracks annual drug abuse trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risk of specific ill […]

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ADAS Employment Policy

A.        Guiding Principles

1.         All recruitment and appointment policies and procedures will be designed to meet or exceed the Equal Employment Opportunity standards.

2.         Discrimination against individuals because of race/color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or martial status is strictly prohibited, and proof of such discrimination shall be considered sufficient cause to initiate dismissal action from the Board of Directors or the staff, which ever is applicable.

B.        General Requirements For Employment

Applicants for positions at the Executive Commission shall meet the established knowledge, skill ability requirements of the position as specified in the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Program, Pennsylvania Department of Health job descriptions.  In addition, the following general requirements shall apply to all applicants:

1.         Age.  Male and female minors under the age of 18, except those 17 years of age who are high school graduates, are subject to the provisions of the Child Labor Law (43 P.S. 41 et seq) and shall have an employment certificate issued by their local school district.  In addition, minors who are 17 years of age and not high school graduates but who have been declared to have reached their academic potential by the chief administrator of their school district shall not need employment certificates.  However, verification of the status of these minors shall be obtained by contacting the school districts in which such minors resided while attending school.

2.         All recovering applicants must be alcohol and drug free for a minimum of two (2) years.