Substance Use Specialist
The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) · NY, US
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About the Role
The Young Adult Assertive Community Treatment (YA ACT) team provides mobile community-based mental health treatment to individuals ages 18-28 with serious mental illnesses, co-occurring substance use disorders, and criminal legal system involvement. The Substance Use Specialist is a key member of a multidisciplinary team, delivering 80% of treatment services in community settings.
Responsibilities
- Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
- Complete documentation required by NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines, and CASES ACT Policy and Procedures.
- Complete and update comprehensive assessments using standardized screening instruments for substance use, suicidality, and violence risk.
- Identify treatment services based on substance use diagnosis severity, stages of change, and immediate needs, completing person-centered treatment plans.
- Collaborate with family, friends, and other service providers on substance use treatment, post-hospital discharge care coordination, housing, entitlements, education/vocational training, social support, and primary care.
- Utilize motivational interviewing, recovery, and trauma-informed approaches in service delivery.
- Complete required documentation and toxicology tests for consumers with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) orders.
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis.
- Deliver at least 80% of treatment contacts in the community and complete minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading substance use treatment groups.
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.
- Conduct physical outreach visits in the community at least 80% of the time.
Requirements
- LMSW, LCSW or LMHC with current New York State license.
- At least one year of experience working with individuals with serious mental illness with co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Experience with various evidence-based models for treating substance use and mental illness.
- Extensive knowledge of Assertive Community Treatment, community integrated treatment, support services, and resources.
- Highly organized and self-motivated.
- Proficient in computers.
Skills
- Motivational interviewing
- Stage-wise interventions
- Substance use treatment
- Psychiatric disability knowledge
- Spanish fluency (preferred)
- CASAC credential (a plus)
Location
- 424 East 147th Street, 1st Floor, Bronx, NY 10455
Work Type
- Full-time
- Mobile community-based
- Flexible (partially remote possible for note drafting)
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 1+ year of experience
Education Level
- LMSW, LCSW, or LMHC
Salary/Compensations
- $68,959 - $72,000 per year
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Vacation and Paid Time Off (starting at 25 days)
- 12 Paid Holidays per year
- Retirement 403(b) with competitive matching up to 6%
- Employee Referral Program
About the Company
- CASES is a provider of mobile community-based mental health treatment.
- CASES values include PURPOSE: PEOPLE, UNITY, RESPECT, PROGRESS, OPTIMIZE, SOLUTIONS, EMPATHY.
Equal Opportunity
- CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Employment is based solely on qualifications and competence without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status.
- Actively recruits individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.