Substance Use Specialist

About the role

CASES is seeking a Substance Use Specialist that is CASAC certified to play an integral role in the recovery process, and the services they provide have shown to promote positive health and recovery outcomes. The Substance Use Specialist is part of a multidisciplinary team working collaboratively with therapists, psychiatrists/PNPs, and nurses.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial substance use assessments and complete SBIRTS
• Provide individual and group counseling
• Contribute to person-centered, trauma-informed treatment planning
• Provide crisis intervention
• Assist participants in developing relapse prevention plans
• Provide substance use treatment including individual, family and group counseling
• Identify the treatment needs of and with participants, based on severity of substance use, stage of change, and immediate needs as well as recommended treatment objectives
• Engage participants with urgent and crisis substance use needs to offer support and resolve crisis
• Assess treatment needs, and provide substance use expertise for person-centered evaluation and treatment planning
• Establish the degree of risk for substance use and harmful behaviors and provide interventions and supports to promote progress towards recovery
• Provide relapse prevention, psychoeducation, and harm reduction using motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Run evidence-based substance use treatment and Relapse Prevention groups
• Act as an advocate and liaison for participants in securing access to MAT, emergency detox, rehabilitation care, and other community supports that promote integrated substance use or dual disorder treatment
• Dispense Naloxone response kits as an approved NYS dispenser
• Outreach and network with DCO partners providing crisis stabilization, inpatient/residential detox and rehabilitative treatment centers
• Contribute to ongoing organizational commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracist practices in delivery of services and work
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must have active CASAC certification status in good standing
• At least 18 months of work experience providing substance use services to individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder and criminal justice involvement

Preferred Skills

• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Pay

$55,000 per year

Schedule

Full-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403(b) with competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program