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About the Role
Access is seeking a Substance Use Specialist to join their ACT Team. This role provides substance use counseling, education, and support to individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges, utilizing a harm reduction, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented approach.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a caseload of 12-15 participants and provide case management services.
- Perform intake interviews and evaluate appropriateness for treatment.
- Complete bio-psycho-social assessments and treatment plans, and other required reporting within required timeframes.
- Establish collaborative, supportive relationships with participants to promote engagement in recovery and work toward life-goals.
- Utilize trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches to provide individual, group, and family counseling.
- Provide psychoeducation around substance use, co-occurring disorders, recovery, and relapse prevention strategies.
- Complete timely and accurate progress notes for all participant and collateral contacts.
- Complete discharge summaries and documentation in accordance with agency policy and regulatory standards.
- Attend and actively participate in interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Make appropriate referrals to outside providers and community resources.
- Provide crisis intervention and support during emergencies.
- Participate in on-call rotation.
- Stay current on agency and clinic policies, as well as State and Federal requirements related to substance use services.
- Participate in individual and group supervision.
- Respect and support interdisciplinary team decisions regarding patient care.
- Participate in staff training and professional development activities.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Current CASAC or CASAC-T credential required.
- Ability to work independently while functioning as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Strong skills in boundary-setting, limit-setting, and crisis management.
- Excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of co-occurring disorders, evidence-based practices, and recovery supports.
- Ability to use electronic health record systems for documentation and other electronic systems for communication.
- Valid NYS driver’s license required.
- Must be able to move throughout the workday and accompany individuals served in the community.
- Ability to sit or stand for long periods while using a computer.
- Able to work in an open-space office setting in close proximity to co-workers.
- Must be able to move in tight spaces as needed.
- Occasional lifting of more than 5 lbs.
Skills
- Substance use counseling
- Case management
- Intake interviews
- Bio-psycho-social assessments
- Treatment planning
- Reporting
- Trauma-informed approaches
- Evidence-based approaches
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Psychoeducation
- Relapse prevention
- Progress notes
- Discharge summaries
- Interdisciplinary team collaboration
- Referral services
- Crisis intervention
- Communication skills
- Writing skills
- Organizational skills
- Electronic health record systems
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
Location
- 140 NY-303, Valley Cottage, NY 10989
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Prior experience providing substance use counseling preferred, ideally in community-based or mental health settings.
Education Level
- Bachelors degree or Associates degree with experience.
- CASAC or CASAC-T credential required.
Salary/Compensations
- $28.50 CASAC-T and $30.50 CASAC
About the Company
- Access is a team that values connection, accountability, and real impact.
- At Access, our Culture Playbook is how we show up for each other and for the people we support.
- We are committed to helping people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible – while making sure our staff can do the same.
Equal Opportunity
- An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and Veterans