ACT Team Substance Use Specialist
About The Position
Clarvida’s success is built on the strength of our people: individuals who bring the right skills and a deep commitment to our mission of improving lives and communities. Our employees are empowered to bring their full potential to the table, ensuring long-term success for our team and those we serve. About your role: The ACT Team Substance Abuse Counselor provides direct and indirect services to adult consumers with severe and persistent mental illness with co-morbid substance abuse issues, and resulting significant functional impairment. This position provides consult regarding the treatment of all ACTT consumers with an identified SA issue. The ACTT SA Counselor supports consumers challenged with SA issues in changing destructive behaviors and learning new coping skills. This position provides recovery-oriented interventions designed to sustain active community living on as independent a level as possible for each consumer. This position participates in intake, orientation, and treatment planning; screening and assessment; case management; service coordination, consultation, and referral; supportive counseling, education, and skills development; crisis management; and documentation. This position requires travel of approximately 75% of the time
Requirements
- Must meet requirements for a CCS, LCAS, LCAS-A or CSAC in NC
- Graduate of a college or university with a Master’s degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated MH/ DD/ SAS experience with the population served or;
- Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/ DD/SAS experience with the population served.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct and indirect services to adult consumers with severe and persistent mental illness with co-morbid substance abuse issues, and resulting significant functional impairment.
- Provides consult regarding the treatment of all ACTT consumers with an identified SA issue.
- Supports consumers challenged with SA issues in changing destructive behaviors and learning new coping skills.
- Provides recovery-oriented interventions designed to sustain active community living on as independent a level as possible for each consumer.
- Participates in intake, orientation, and treatment planning; screening and assessment; case management; service coordination, consultation, and referral; supportive counseling, education, and skills development; crisis management; and documentation.
Benefits
- Paid vacation days that increase with tenure
- Separate sick leave that rolls over each year up to 10
- Paid holidays
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options
- Training, Development and Continuing Education Credits for licensure requirements
- 401K
- Free licensure supervision
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance program
- Perks @ Clarvida - national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment
- Mileage reimbursement
- Cellphone stipend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
