ACT Co-Occurring Disorder Specialist

About the Role

The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist (CODS) provides co-occurring substance use and mental health services for individuals and families impacted by behavioral health concerns related to co-occurring substance use and mental health diagnoses. This position offers a warm, welcoming, and empathic attitude with a strengths-based focus on recovery. The CODS will be trained in trauma-informed care and work in an environment sensitive and responsive to client needs and goals.

Responsibilities

• Conducts client assessments, identifies presenting problems, screens for co-occurring disorders, and develops treatment plans in collaboration with clients, their chosen supports, and treatment teams.
• Identifies stages of change and appropriate interventions for clients.
• Ensures all required progress notes, assessments, medication-assisted treatment staging and screening tools, and other documentation are completed within established timeframes and according to quality standards set by State and Federal regulations, CARF certifications, program expectations, ACT Fidelity, and Ozark Center Policies and Procedures.
• Provides individual and group counseling sessions and group education services.
• Assists clients with accessing community resources, recovery groups and services, and medically necessary services, accompanying clients when necessary.
• Provides cross-training to ensure staff understand co-occurring substance use and mental health counseling emerging practices, promising practices, and best practices to improve client outcomes.
• Facilitates continuity of care between CPRP and other programs, modalities of consultation and education, emergency services, detoxification and hospitalization, residential housing, Supported Employment, and aftercare.
• Supports client choice regarding substance use, mental health medication compliance, and treatment adherence.
• Helps clients develop self-advocacy skills with substance use and mental health providers regarding managing co-occurring disorders.
• Demonstrates effective time management and multitasking skills to independently manage team caseload.
• Arranges work schedule to see clients regularly according to their individual co-occurring behavioral health needs.
• Manages multiple, simultaneous deadlines to ensure services are provided according to established expectations.
• Adheres to a flexible work schedule between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with consideration for client needs outside these timeframes.
• Responds to all client urgent or emergent needs according to said schedule, unless using paid leave.
• Participates in ACT afterhours crisis on-call rotation, including evenings and weekends.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Requires one of the following:

• A QMHP (master's in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling) in the State of Missouri, or
• An individual who meets the applicable training and credentialing required by the Missouri Credentialing Board for any of the following accreditations (QAP):
  • Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC)
  • Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CRADC)
  • Certified Reciprocal Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CRAADC)
  • Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional (CCJP)
  • Registered Alcohol Drug Counselor-Provisional (RADC-P)
  • Registered Alcohol Drug Counselor (RADC)
  • Co-Occurring Disorders Professional (CCDP)
  • Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomat (CCDP-D)

The QMHP or QAP shall also have one (1) year of training or supervised experience in substance use disorder treatment. If less than one year, they shall be actively acquiring twenty-four (24) hours of training in co-occurring disorders content and receive supervision from experienced co-occurring disorders staff as approved by the Department of Mental Health.

Schedule

• Flexible work schedule between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with consideration for client needs outside these hours.
• Participation in ACT afterhours crisis on-call rotation, including evenings and weekends.

Physical Requirements

• A mix of standard office environment and community/home visits.
• Physical demands typically include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, getting in/out of vehicles, and climbing stairs.
• Typical range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate computer keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires use of personal vehicle for travel and client transportation, along with good driving skills.
• Requires use of personal cell phone to communicate with supervisor(s), office staff, and team members during work hours.
• TB test required upon hire.