Community Support Team Lead Licensed Clinician
About The Position
SPARC is seeking a licensed or associate-licensed clinician to lead Community Support Team (CST) services in the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina area. CST serves adults with mental illness and substance use needs who have complex treatment needs and need support to live in the community. The service uses a team approach, with a licensed or associate-licensed clinician (LMFT/A, LCSW/A, or LCMHC/A), a substance use disorder professional, and two qualified professionals or a qualified professional/associate-qualified professional combination. The team provides direct treatment, restorative interventions, and case management. The CST Team Lead completes assessments and clinical document updates, supports the program supervisor with treatment planning and clinical guidance for the team, and ensures that clients’ treatment intensity needs are met. CST services are intended to promote symptom stability; restore interpersonal, community, coping, and independent-living skills; provide psychoeducation; intervene as a first responder to deescalate crises, including participation in an after-hours on-call rotation; and coordinate services and link clients with community resources.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, sociology, or a related human services field.
- Full or associate clinical license: LMFT/A, LCSW/A, or LCMHC/A.
- At least one year of work experience with adults with mental illness and substance use needs.
Responsibilities
- Complete assessments and clinical document updates.
- Support the program supervisor with treatment planning and clinical guidance for the team.
- Ensure clients’ treatment intensity needs are being met.
- Provide or support CST services, including direct treatment, restorative interventions, and case management.
- Participate in the team’s after-hours on-call rotation for first-responder crisis intervention and deescalation.
- Coordinate services and ensure clients are linked to community services and resources.
- Support symptom stability, skill development, and psychoeducation for clients.
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- All Purpose Leave with additional self-care time off
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Comprehensive employee assistance program
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Whole-household telehealth services, including mental health
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Mileage reimbursement
- Supervision reimbursement
- CEU and training stipend
- Company laptop and other top-of-the-line technology
- 401(k)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
