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About the Role
The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a licensed outpatient psychiatric clinic serving individuals with high service needs, frequent hospitalizations, and difficulty maintaining community stability. The Substance Use Specialist provides counseling, case management, and daily support for substance abuse and co-occurring issues as an active member of the multidisciplinary ACT treatment team.
Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and document activities for Co-Occurring Disorder (CoD) support group.
- Research substance abuse services and serve as a liaison to treatment programs.
- Serve as a consultant to the ACT team on Substance Use services, including harm reduction practices.
- Carry a caseload of ACT clients.
- Perform client assessments and formulate treatment goals.
- Facilitate client participation in entitlement programs, psychiatric services, medication management, rehabilitation, and other activities.
- Refer clients to community health services.
- Accompany clients to appointments as needed.
- Communicate regularly with clients’ families about their needs and progress.
- Serve as a liaison to other service providers.
- Maintain up-to-date client case records according to program guidelines.
- Visit clients in residential facilities, hospitals, on the street, and in other locations.
- Rotate on-call service after outside work hours.
- Attend staff meetings, case conferences, and training programs to upgrade skills and knowledge.
- Attend supervision meetings to review client progress and case management strategies.
- Work collaboratively with ACT team staff in a team case management model.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Social Work or in a related field.
- Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Experience conducting substance use assessment and identification of Substance Use Disorders (SUD), including tobacco, alcohol, and opioid use disorders.
- Understanding of principles and practices of harm reduction model.
- Training and/or experience in integrated mental health and substance use services.
- Experience understanding various evidence-based models and theories pertaining to trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, stage-wise approach to treatment of substance abuse and serious mental illness.
- Able to work in the Microsoft Office Suite, proficient in Word and Outlook.
- Able to use or learn to use AWARDS database.
- Able to use or learn other electronic databases, programs, and funder-related software as needed such as CAIRS, NYCMED and NIMRS.
- Walking; Climbing stairs occasionally.
- Field & Office work.
- Travel via public transportation.
Skills
- Substance Abuse Services
- Co-Occurring Disorder (CoD) support group
- Harm reduction practices
- Case management services
- Client assessments
- Treatment goals
- Entitlement programs
- Psychiatric services
- Medication management
- Rehabilitation
- Community health services
- Client record maintenance
- Team collaboration
- Substance use assessment
- Trauma-informed care
- Motivational interviewing
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- AWARDS database
- CAIRS
- NYCMED
- NIMRS
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Monday-Friday (9:00am - 5:00pm)
- Field & Office work
- On-call service
Experience Level
- Based on candidate’s number of years experience in the exact or comparable position
Education Level
- Master’s Degree in Social Work or in a related field
- CASAC Preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $56,000 - $65,000
About the Company
- Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to building an inclusive workplace community grounded in respect for differences. We support hiring a broadly diverse team of qualified individuals who will contribute to our organizations.
- Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.