Substance Use Specialist MHC-LP, LMSW, LMHC, LCSW

Job Title: Substance Use Specialist MHC-LP, LMSW, LMHC, LCSW

Job Summary

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 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.

The specific title does not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff members provide as ACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.

Shift Hours: This position is full-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

Salary: The salary for this role is $66,950 per year.

Location Address: 151 Lawrence Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility: Flexible - Staff have the flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work.

What You Will Be Doing

• 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.
• Identify the treatment services clients should receive based on severity of substance use diagnosis, stages of change, immediate needs and complete treatment plans using a person-centered approach.
• 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.
• Use motivational interviewing, recovery and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services.
• Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
• Complete required documentation and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order.
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis.
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

What We Are Looking For

• MHC-LP, LMSW, LMHC, 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.
• Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Preferred Skills

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

Employee Benefits

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program
• Visit cases.org to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES

Our Values

At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:

PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity

UNITY| Commit to a shared mission

RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity

PROGRESS| Always work to improve

OPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resources

SOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problems

EMPATHY| Seek to Understand Others

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.

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 legal system.

This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

35 hours per week