Behavioral Health Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as part of the interdisciplinary team (CST) to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.
• Running individual, family therapy sessions.
• Developing person-centered plans with individuals.
• Completing comprehensive clinical assessments.
• Overseeing 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.
• Excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions.
• Excel at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.
• Assessing substance use needs and developing relapse preventions.
• Linkage and referral to treatment to include detox and long term residential treatment.
• Knowledge of community resources that may impact social determinants of health.
• Travel amongst several counties to provide home visits and coordination of care to ensure social determinant of health needs are met.
• On call rotation required- currently every 8-12 weeks depending on staffing patterns.

Job Requirements

• Valid licensure to provide mental/behavioral healthcare in the state of North Carolina.
• Licenses include: LCAS, LCAS-A, CADC in North Carolina.
• Clinical supervision is provided.
• Minimum 2 years experience working with individuals with mental and/or behavioral health issues.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and reliable transportation.
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check.

Pay & Benefits

Pay: $55,000-$65,000 depending on experience and licensure.

Phone stipend or use of company phone.

Location

Caldwell and Burke Counties.

Pre-Employment Screening

• Complete criminal background.
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities).
• Drug testing.
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required).
• Positions that require driving: Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

About RHA

RHA Health Services helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes. For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey.