Co-Occurring Specialist (CADC/LCDAC)

About the role

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services offers uniquely rewarding experience in a supportive Team atmosphere. We invest in our employees. We offer excellent salary and benefits packages, and opportunities to advance your career. Become part of the Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services Team!

Responsibilities

• Participates in the frequent monitoring and assessment of the mental health status of people served as well as related variables, including significant others, the home and the community in which the person served lives
• Develops substance abuse assessment, comprehensive assessment and an individualized recovery plan, often focusing on substance abuse treatment needs of the person receiving services
• Ensures documentation is done on time and with quality to ensure adherence to all DMHAS/Medicaid standards
• Teaches skills to support each person’s individualized recovery journey and community integration
• Provides group and individual treatment modalities, depending on individual need
• Assists in identifying substance use effects and patterns, integrating evidence-based Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment model which includes use of Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Teaching Strategies
• Assists in relapse prevention planning and assisting with attending recovery or self-help meetings
• Develops motivation for decreasing substance use, increasing coping skills and alternatives to minimize use
• Develops WRAP and Psychiatric Advance Directives which includes stage wise treatment utilizing Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Teaching Strategies
• Utilizes evidenced based practices, including motivational interviewing, IDDT, CBT skills, IMR, Trauma Informed Care, Permanent Supportive Housing and Career Development when engaging individuals with their recovery
• Assists in technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of co-occurring disorders
• Assists in assessment of service recipients stated concerns, mental illness symptoms, and behavior in response to medication and monitors for medication side-effects during the provision of observed self-administration and during ongoing face-to-face contacts
• Assists in medication education to both individuals and family/significant others with service recipient consent
• Coordinates services with other community mental health and non-mental health providers, as well as other medical professionals
• Supports the service recipient’s family and other members of his/her social network to help them manage the symptoms and related consequences of the service recipient’s illness, reduce the level of family and social stress associated with the illness, and achieve wellness
• Provides education to assist the service recipient and family to relate in a positive and supportive manner

Qualifications

• Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health field, CADC/LCADC required
• Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience providing dual disorder/co-occurring services to individuals with co-occurring serious and persistent mental illness and substance abuse
• Driver’s License/Vehicle: Valid driver’s license required, no more than one moving violation within the past 12 months, vehicle required

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
• Ledership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment)
• Generous vacation and sick time

Pay

$56,000 - $67,000 annually

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, Tuesday-Saturday 8:00am-4:30pm, Sunday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm