Substance Use Practitioner

Essential Job Functions

• Conducting a variety of clinical assessments to monitor persons served goal areas and functioning on an ongoing basis.
• Carrries out interventions in the community and effectively communicates each interaction to the team in daily team meetings, as well as in the electronic health record.
• Frequent activities include resource maintenance and acquisition, coordination with external providers and natural supports, monitoring the persons served substance use ongoing and making recommendations.
• The Substance use Specialist is considered the team expert on co-occurring evidence-based treatment approaches and substance use trends in the community.
• The Substance Use Specialist is part of crisis response at the lowest level of escalation, engages in risk mitigation and harm reduction practices.
• Participates in a rotation of on-call shifts.

Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required For The Job

• Holds a bachelor's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university, and/or has at least 4,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness; or holds a graduate degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields.
• Individuals with 2,000 hours of experience in the delivery of mental health services to adults will also be considered as a Mental Health Rehab Worker until full supervision hours are met.
• The agency encourages staff to seek license at the highest standard permitted by their education and experience.
• All staff are supported in gaining certification as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner.
• LADC is preferred.