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About the Role

CASES is seeking a passionate and mission-driven Substance Use Specialist to join our dynamic ACT team. This role is ideal for a Master’s-level mental health clinician who thrives in the field, values autonomy, and wants to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals living with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use needs. You will bring your clinical expertise directly into the community, building authentic relationships and delivering high-impact services with fidelity to the ACT model. You’ll help clients navigate their recovery journey by providing individualized psychoeducation, harm-reduction support, and motivational interventions. You will assess substance use patterns, support clients in identifying their goals, and advocate with external providers. This is a chance to join a supportive team, grow your clinical skill set, and be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to promoting recovery, reducing incarceration, and strengthening communities.

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 anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order.
Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis.
Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

Requirements

MHC-LP, LMHC,LMSW,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.

Skills

Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system
Fluency in Spanish

Location

25 Chapel Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201

Work Type

Full-time
Office work 4 days per week
Community work is 5 days per week
Can finish notes from home

Education Level

Master’s-level

Salary/Compensations

$66,950 per year

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days
12 Paid Holidays per year
Retirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%
Employee Referral Program

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.