Behavioral Health Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; United States; Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

RHA Health Services seeks a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) to coordinate treatment for individuals with mental health and substance use challenges in North Carolina. The role requires collaboration with psychiatrists, nurses, and social services to implement recovery-focused plans and ensure continuity of care.

Responsibilities include clinical assessments, individual/family/group therapy, discharge planning, and liaison with families and community resources.

Qualifikationen

• Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) credential required or eligible.
• Provisional licensure to provide mental/behavioral healthcare in North Carolina.
• Minimum 2 years experience with mental/behavioral health, including writing person-centered plans and conducting group therapy.
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check.
• Ability to lift between 20 and 50 pounds and meet CPR/therapeutic holds requirements.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team to help service users and families.
• Conduct clinical assessments.
• Run individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions; conduct inpatient group therapy sessions.
• Orient new service users to RHA and develop person-centered plans.
• Oversee discharge planning and coordinate with social service resources.
• Engage with service users, families and guardians to support recovery and social functioning.

Ausbildung

Graduate degree in Social Work or a related field

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Jobbeschreibung

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Behavioral Health Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist Type:

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If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

The position of Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist calls for a licensed professional clinician with direct experience and skill in treating a range of behavioral health and substance use needs. The position requires an individual who is able to treat and be successful at assessing and treating co-occurring disorders including mental illness, personality disorders, and challenges in primary or secondary support systems. The position of Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist includes active engagement and coordination of care with internal resources including psychiatry and community support as well as external bodies including the legal system, families, and social support agencies. The position may call for back-up to the team lead and/or other therapists as needed. The position requires the individual to be an active and positive member of the clinical team. Based on setting, special skills and/or work with specific populations will be required. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to provide quality services with very little supervision and direction. Must be an individual that holds a license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession. Are you are a talented and dedicated Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) looking for a satisfying career opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people facing behavioral and mental health challenges?

Then join our team at RHA Behavioral Health Services!

We are seeking compassionate and positive Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) Associate to provide therapeutic support for service users with mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse issues.

As a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist with RHA, you will coordinate and monitor the array of services and supports identified in each service user's person-centered plan. These interventions are strength-based and focus on the promotion of recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills and the achievement of the highest level of social functioning.

Job Responsibilities

As a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist with RHA, your responsibilities will vary based on the groups you work with and the programs through which you provide services. In all activities, you will coordinate closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.

Additional responsibilities of the Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist include :

• Conducting clinical assessments
• Running individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions
• Conducting inpatient group therapy sessions
• Orienting new service users to RHA
• Developing person-centered plans for service users
• Oversee the discharge planning process
• Facilitating relationships between RHA, service user families/legal guardians and various social service community resources, such as food stamp and housing assistance, healthcare, job training and placement and substance abuse support groups

Our ideal Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist is an excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions. You must also excel at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.

Additional requirements for the Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist include:

• Graduate degree in Social Work or a related field
• At a minimum, provisional licensure to provide mental/behavioral healthcare in the state of North Carolina
• Minimum 2 years experience working with individuals with mental and/or behavioral health issues that includes writing person-centered plans, conducting effective group therapy and providing mental health diagnoses
• General working knowledge of the human services delivery system in North Carolina
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check
• Ability to lift between 20 and 50 pounds and meet the physical requirements of performing CPR and therapeutic holds
• Employee supervisory experience preferred
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred

Benefits

The greatest benefit of a career at RHA is the difference you make in the lives of our service users. Our holistic person-centered approach and focus on quality assurance, respected across North Carolina and throughout the Human Services industry supports our reputation for innovative programs and p