Substance Use Specialist

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Substance Use Specialist is a master’s level mental health clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Substance Use Specialist provides psychoeducation and support for clients’ substance use treatment needs, including but not limited to coordination of detox or rehab referrals, assessment of clients’ current substance uses and stages of change, advocacy with service providers to ensure clients receive clinically appropriate substance use treatment. Specific titles do not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as ACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest. The purpose of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is to deliver comprehensive and effective services to individuals (age 18 and up) who are diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches.

Requirements

MHC-LP, LMHC, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license.
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness.
A team player, highly organized and self-motivated.
Proficient in computers.

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Spanish
Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide at least 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated.
Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures.
Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community.
Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order.
Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis.
Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.