Behavioral Health Specialist III - Multiple Locations

About The Position

The Riverside University Health System (RUHS) – Behavioral Health Department is currently recruiting for multiple Behavioral Health Specialist III positions throughout Riverside County. Applications submitted to this posting will remain active for up to 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Provide general counseling, case management, community outreach, and prevention services.
• Work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals to plan and deliver behavioral health services.
• Evaluate and counsel clients relative to alcoholism or drug abuse.
• Refer clients to County operated and/or community treatment facilities.
• Participate in joint County-community agency efforts in providing educational and prevention services to control and prevent substance abuse.
• Monitor and evaluate program providers and determine compliance with program requirements.
• Assist in planning, organizing, coordinating, and implementing program design within the program.
• Assist in resolving crises for clients and their families.
• Under supervision, may monitor a variety of County and state mandated program providers by conducting site visits and record reviews to ensure compliance with County and state mandates.
• Prepare and maintain records, reports, and correspondence regarding substance abuse cases; maintain records on client case work.

Requirements

• Registered or certified as an Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Counselor and have a valid AOD certification or registration in accordance with the certification requirements as per Sections 11755, 11864, 11876 (a), and 11834.50 of the California Health and Safety Code and Sections 9846, 10125 and 10564 of the California Code of Regulations through either the California Consortium of Addictions Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) or the California Association of DUI Treatment Programs or Addiction Counselor Certification Board of California (ACCBC).
• A Valid CA Driver's License Is Required.

Qualifications

• Experience: One year of providing individual or group counseling to individuals in a substance abuse treatment program/facility, which must have included responsibility for assessing, evaluating and making referrals, either individually or as part of a team led by a substance abuse or medical professional, for substance abuse clients.
• Certificate: Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Counselor Certification.
• Knowledge of: Basic principles and practices involved in improving behavioral health; laws, rules and regulations governing a public substance abuse agency; counseling techniques applicable to substance abuse treatment and prevention; social, cultural, psychological, and economic factors relating to substance abuse; public agency, community resources, community based support systems, and their functions; use of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) screening criteria for consumer placement into appropriate levels of care; providing appropriate services for consumers with co-occurring SUD and MH disorders; tenets of providing trauma-informed care; medications used for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services; laws and ethics involved in the provision of substance use services.
• Ability to: Work effectively with a variety of different agencies, organizations and individuals; interview and evaluate clients experiencing substance abuse problems; counsel and guide clients toward independence from substance abuse; assess and monitor program providers and develop recommendations; communicate effectively in verbal and written form; assist in the development and implementation of new ideas, methods and programs related to substance abuse treatment and substance abuse prevention; match multidimensional severity and level of function with type and intensity of service; provide integrated services.