Addictive Disease Support Specialist - Recovery & Resources

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Benefits

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Clinical supervision for licensure

Job summary

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is seeking a dedicated Addictive Disease Support Services Specialist to assist individuals with Substance Use related diagnoses. You will support skill building, resource linkage, and transition to the community as part of the SUOP program.

You will assess, monitor, and assist clients with self-management of symptoms, work with the treatment team, and advocate for resources across agencies to support recovery and reintegration into the community.

Qualifications

• Assist individuals with development of interpersonal and community coping skills, and resource linkage through education, training, and modeling.
• Provide assessment, monitoring and assistance to consumers with self-management of symptoms to encourage recovery.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary treatment/recovery team meetings.
• Establish professional and ethical relationships with consumers, families, and coworkers.
• Transport consumers if needed.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring all individuals on caseload are seen at documented frequency per the treatment plan and that appropriate release of information are in place/documented for coordination of care.
• Assist the individuals with the development of interpersonal, community coping skills, and resource linkage through education, training, and modeling
• Provides assessment, monitoring and assistance to consumer with self-management of symptoms to encourage recovery.
• Link and/or serve as advocate with other agencies to garner needed resources for individuals.
• Provides assistance and support in crisis situations.
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary treatment/recovery team meetings each week.
• Utilizes the multidisciplinary assessment to participate in the development of a comprehensive individualized service/recover plan with a focus on recovery.
• Work with, and reports to, ADSS supervisor and/or area manager for assigned Region. Tap into community programs such as drug court to provide ADSS and bill accordingly to SCS and Payer
• Responsible for providing contacts based on the frequency defined in the consumers' treatment plans; documents attempts to contact consumers, ISP Reviews, and coordination of care with referral sources including, but not limited to, Accountability/Treatment Courts, DFCS, and Probation.
• Assist the consumer in reaching the skill building objective in their individualized service/recovery plan.
• Establishes professional and ethical relationships with consumers, families, and coworkers.
• Transport consumers if needed.

Job description

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is seeking a dedicated Addictive Disease Support Services Specialist to assist individuals with Substance Use related diagnoses. You will support skill building, resource linkage, and transition to the community as part of the SUOP program.

You will assess, monitor, and assist clients with self-management of symptoms, work with the treatment team, and advocate for resources across agencies to support recovery and reintegration into the community.