Substance Use Specialist - Brooklyn, United States - CASES

CASES

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Brooklyn, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Job Description
Job Title:
Substance Use Specialist (LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW) - Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT)

Team
Locations:
New York City
Reports to: Team Leader
Salary: The salary for this role is $60,000 per year
Overview:

The purpose of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) 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.

These individuals also suffer from co-occurring substance use disorders and have histories of criminal legal system involvement.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team to support recipient recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides recipients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.

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 use 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.

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 antiracist, genderresponsive, culturally humble, traumainformed, recoveryoriented, clientcentered, and evidencebased.
Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order;
Provide 24hour crisis intervention oncall services on rotating basis;
Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

Qualifications:

LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license;
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or cooccurring substance use disorders;
Experience with various evidencebased models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness;
Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred;
A team player, highly organized and selfmotivated;
Proficient in computers;
Fluency in Spanish preferred.
Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status.

We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system.