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RHA Health Services•Spruce Pine, NC

About The Position

The position of Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist calls for a licensed professional clinician skilled in treating a range of substance use disorders. The position requires an individual who is able to treat and be successfully at assessing and treating co-occurring disorders including mental illness, personality disorders, and challenges in primary or secondary support systems. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to provide quality services with very little supervision and direction. Must be an individual that holds a license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession. Some services may require additional experience, licensure, or education.

Requirements

Valid licensure to provide mental/behavioral healthcare in the state of North Carolina
License include: CCS or LCAS, or CADC in North Carolina
Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
Ability to pass a drug screen and background check
Pre-employment screening: Complete criminal background
Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
Drug testing
Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
Proof of employment history or references (if required)
Positions that require driving
Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

Responsibilities

Facilitating intensive adult substance use groups, and conducting individual sessions for group members.
On-call duties rotated with other group facilitators
Coordinates closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.
Running individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions.
Orienting new service users to RHA
Developing person-centered plans with individuals
Oversee the discharge planning process
Facilitating relationships between RHA, individuals, families/legal guardians and various social service community resources, such as food stamp and housing assistance, healthcare, job training and placement and substance abuse support groups
Excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions.

Benefits

Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
Employee perks and discount program : to help you save money!
Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
401(k) retirement savings program
Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

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