Substance Use Specialist Home Base ACT I Team $2500 retention bonus

This position is eligible for $2500 retention bonus

Job Summary:

The Providence Center Substance Use Specialist Home Base ACT I Team will coordinate services for consumers to minimize stressors and to facilitate substance use and mental health treatment.

This is a full-time position, 37.5 hours per week. The hours are as follows: Monday through Friday 8:00 am –– 4:30 pm with an hour lunch/break.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Coordinate a variety of services.

Provide support counseling, problem solving, contracts and limit setting.

Encourage consumers to attain the highest possible levels of independence.

Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in the development and implementation of therapeutic services, to include working with substance abusers, as it relates to case management.

Conduct Community Outreach Support Groups (COSG) as appropriate.

Provide individual mental health and/or substance abuse counseling/therapy.

Complete substance abuse assessments on all consumers.

Identify substance abuse treatment interventions with staff and consumers.

Maintain confidentiality in accordance with center policy and legal requirements.

Develop and implement a plan of care with ongoing consumer input.

Apply knowledge of Psychiatric Diagnosis (DMS IV).

Apply knowledge of substance abuse and primary methodologies of substance abuse treatment.

Assess clinical emergencies, including suicide and danger to others.

Develop and present, verbally and in writing, a clear clinical formulation based on behavioral data and relevant theory while incorporating psychosocial and family issues.

Make assessments and provide appropriate crisis interventions and risk management as needed.

Teach consumers adult daily living skills.

Initiate treatment and advocate for consumer within network of care.

Negotiate on behalf of the consumer, as needed, with landlords, courts, families, the treatment team, and consumers themselves.

Transport consumers in own vehicle or Center van to planned activities and appointments.

Complete recordkeeping in accordance with Health Information Services (HIS) and other Center requirements within required time frames and abide by Center confidentiality policy.

Maintain cooperative relationships with Center staff, consumers, community agencies and the public.

Attend trainings, case presentations and conferences.