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    Substance Use Specialist - New York, United States - Goddard Riverside Community Center

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    Job Location
    ACT Team - New York, NY

    Salary Range
    $45, $57,425.00 Salary/year

    Description

    Organizational Overview: The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City's leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults through-out Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families.

    Program Description: The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a unique and nontraditional licensed outpatient psychiatric clinic for individuals who have demonstrated a high service need with multiple hospitalizations, emergency room visits and difficulty maintaining stability in the community. ACT is a nationally recognized model and an evidence-based practice. The ACT Team serves the entire borough of Manhattan including the Lower East Side, Midtown, Upper West Side, Harlem, East Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood.

    Position Summary: The Substance Abuse Specialist is responsible for providing counseling, case management services and daily support regarding substance abuse and co-occurring issues. The Substance Use Specialist is an active member of the multidisciplinary ACT treatment team with a specialization in co-occurring disorders.

    Schedule: Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

    Salary Range: $45,940 - $57,425

    Roles, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

    1) Substance Abuse Services
    • Plan, lead and document activities for Co-Occurring Disorder (CoD) support group
    • Research substance abuse services and serve as liaison to treatment programs
    • Serve as a consultant to the ACT team on Substance Abuse services including harm reduction practices
    2) Provide case management services
    • Carry a caseload of ACT clients
    • Perform client assessments and formulate treatment goals
    • Facilitate client participation in entitlement programs, psychiatric services, medications management, rehabilitation and other activities
    • Refer clients to community health services
    • Accompany clients to appointments as needed
    • Communicate regularly with clients' families about their needs and progress
    • Serve as liaison to other service providers
    • Maintain up-to-date client case records according to program guidelines
    • Visit clients in residential facilities, hospitals, on the street and in other locations
    • Rotate on-call service after outside work hours
    3) Participate as an ACT team member
    • Attend staff meetings, case conferences, and training programs to upgrade skills and knowledge
    • Attend supervision meetings to review client progress and case management strategies
    • Work collaboratively with ACT team staff in a team case management model
    4) Other duties as required

    Qualifications/Educational Requirements
    • Master's Degree in Social Work or in a related field
    • CASAC Preferred
    Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
    • Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders
    • Experience conducting substance use assessment and identification of Substance Use Disorders (SUD), including tobacco, alcohol, and opioid use disorders
    • Understanding of principles and practices of harm reduction model
    • Training and/or experience in integrated mental health and substance use services
    • Experience understanding various evidence-based models and theories pertaining to trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, stage-wise approach to treatment of substance abuse and serious mental illness
    Computer Skills Needed: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be:
    • Able to work in the Microsoft Office Suite, should especially be proficient in Word and Outlook
    • Able to use or learn to use AWARDS database
    • Able to use or learn other electronic databases, programs, and funder-related software as needed such as CAIRS, NYCMED and NIMRS
    Physical Requirements
    • Walking; Climbing stairs occasionally
    Work Environment
    • Field & Office work
    • Travel via public transportation
    Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center are equal opportunity employers and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

    The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job related task other than those specifically presented in this description. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.


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