Co-Occurring Specialist (CADC)

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services, Inc.; Annandale (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

403b plan

Life and AD&D insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services, Inc. is seeking a Co-Occurring Specialist to deliver integrated mental health and substance use treatment services in Annandale, NJ.

You will assess needs, develop IRPs, and provide crisis intervention within a supportive, recovery-focused team. The role requires collaboration with CSS teams, therapy groups, and case management, ensuring culturally competent care and adherence to program documentation timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, counseling, psychology or criminal justice is required or preferred.
• CADC certification is required or preferred for this role.
• Master’s degree is preferred and can enhance candidacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to individuals to secure and maintain permanent housing.
• Develop integrated treatment goals and interventions with clients and the team.
• Coordinate and manage services with the treatment team and providers.

Skills

Motivational Interviewing

CBT basics

Case management

Cultural competence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, counseling, psychology or criminal justice

CADC

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Expect Success at Bridgeway!

We make a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals - our employees and the people we serve alike.

We invest in our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and fostering a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.

We give you our best, so you can unleash your full potential.

Expect Success at Bridgeway!

We make a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals - our employees and the people we serve alike.

We invest in our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and fostering a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.

We give you our best, so you can unleash your full potential.

Who we are:

Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. Bridgeway operates 13 PACT teams, along with more than 20 additional short-term, and longer-term integrated care and recovery service teams across 10 New Jersey counties. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Why you should apply:

As a Co-Occurring Specialist, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

Salary: $50,000- $55,000

Location: Annandale, NJ

Work hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm

Full time 40 hours per week

Position Overview:

Under the direction of the Team Leader-Licensed or Wellness Clinician-Licensed, provides direct services to individuals to secure and maintain permanent housing, assesses history, current needs and preferences of person’s served in the areas of mental health and substance use. Works with persons served and the team to develop integrated individualized mental health and substance use treatment goals and interventions.

Essential Job Functions

Create and Maintain:

• A wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, person-centered planning, and evidence-based practices
• A culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws and high ethical and professional standards.

CSS Services

• Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of the Individualized Recovery Plan/Individual Recovery Plan (IRP).
• Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
• Offer services appropriate to meet person’s served needs as identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment (CRNA) and included in each individuals IRP.
• Perform crisis intervention as indicated
• Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
• Supportive counseling, medication education, mental health education and early crisis intervention
• Engages people receiving services in the treatment process.
• Provides medication education.
• Provide culturally competent services.
• Provide housing support services to include pre-tenancy, move-in and on-going tenancy supports.
• Establishes and implements treatment interventions as outlined in IRP’s.
• Assess individual’s daily living skills, and teach individual’s needed skills in the areas of budgeting, cooking, laundry, cleaning, shopping, personal hygiene and self-advocacy issues
• Technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of substance abuse treatment
• Provides clinical leadership for CSS team in the area of Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment. Provides intensive integrated dual-recovery services, individual and group treatment service, outreach, referral and case management to adults with co-occurring disorders.
• Perform evidence-based practices that are appropriate for implementing community support services. This may include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Trauma Informed Care, Career Services, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR and WRAP.
• Completes all documentation on-time per the program’s timeline for documentation.
• Completes statistical reports as assigned related to services and outcomes.
• Will participate in individual and group supervision as scheduled. Will actively seek individual supervision sessions with a licensed supervisor.

Direct Services For Persons With Co-Occurring

• Performs co-occurring intake assessments as needed.
• Assess individual’s substance use history and current needs. Works with the individual and the team to develop substance abuse treatment goals and interventions
• Conducts assessments using the ASI, SATS and other tools as needed.
• Develop and implement a clinical recovery plan based on the assessment’s and include substance use/co-occurring disorder/IDDT materials and strategies for individual and group interventions, in conjunction with the team.
• Provides intensive integrated dual-recovery services, individual and group treatment service, outreach, referral and case management to adults with co-occurring disorders
• Provides Stage-Based counseling using motivational interviewing, CBT, 12 Step principles and behavioral interventions.
• Facilitates range of Co-Occurring recovery groups as indicated.
• As indicated, assist individuals to identify triggers for relapse and focus on a lifestyle centered on recovery. Refer to co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, and recovery support resources, including medication assisted treatment.
• Educate individuals on the interactive effects of substance use on psychiatric symptoms, social behavior psychiatric and other medications. Encourage and provide practical strategies for alcohol and substance free-living environments.
• Collect and share self-help recovery and local co-occurring recovery group meeting lists with individuals and accompany them to local groups and/or meetings in order to encourage engagement/attendance.
• Provides linkage (referral) to appropriate services, i.e., detox., rehab., AA/NA, HIV services etc.

Service Coordination

• Acts as a liaison for the persons served as they move through the treatment system. This includes transporting and accompanying individuals to appointments.
• Maintains contact with other service providers to encourage referrals and insure effective coordination of services.
• Participates in discharge meetings, etc. and meets with other service providers as necessary to assist in coordinating treatment planning and interventions.
• Refers to necessary legal services.
• Coordinates services with the criminal justice system as needed.

Requirements

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, counseling, psychology or criminal justice.
• Master’s Degree preferred
• CADC required

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years paid, progressive work experience in co-occurring/Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment services or human service experience with strong knowledge of addictions.
• Experience as a person in recovery preferred.
• 1-year experience if certified as a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner

Disclosure

• Those who disclose they are in recovery must have two years clean time.

Driver’s License, Vehicle

• Valid driver’s license required
• No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months
• Vehicle required

Excellent Benefits

• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAP
• Eligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
• Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services was founded on a strong desire to fight disparity and injustice alongside people living with behavioral health conditions. We are dedicated to providing a multicultural workplace where everyone feels a sense of purpose and belonging. We provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.