SUDC Justice Services & Clinical Support

About the role

The SUDC Justice Services & Clinical Support position is a credentialed substance-use treatment role responsible for delivering assigned SUD services in prison, jail, and halfway-house settings and providing SUD-focused clinical support to Odyssey House Admissions when justice-services programming does not use the full FTE. Reporting to the Clinical Director, this position facilitates evidence-informed SUD groups, completes required service documentation, coordinates with justice-system partners, and supports substance-use portions of intake and biopsychosocial assessment within credentialed and agency-defined scope.

Responsibilities

• To expand Odyssey House justice-services SUD programming and make effective use of credentialed clinical capacity, the SUDC is responsible for reliable delivery of prison, jail, and halfway-house services; timely documentation; justice-partner coordination; approved revenue-support activities; and SUD-focused intake/BPS support when not scheduled for groups.
• Facilitate assigned SUD treatment, psychoeducational, relapse-prevention, recovery-skills, and other authorized groups in prison settings.
• Facilitate assigned jail-based SUD services or groups when permitted by facility, contract, payer, and credentialing requirements.
• Facilitate assigned halfway-house SUD groups and maintain continuity with Odyssey House and justice-system expectations.
• Deliver services to fidelity based on approved curriculum, clinical direction, facility requirements, and Odyssey House standards.
• Maintain a reliable group schedule and promptly communicate barriers, facility changes, cancellations, or access issues to the Clinical Director.
• Documentation & Revenue Support:
  • Complete timely, accurate group notes, attendance documentation, progress documentation, and required communications for all services delivered.
  • Document services in a manner that supports approved billing or contract requirements when reimbursement pathways have been validated.
  • Support operational evaluation of prison, jail, and halfway-house services for reimbursement under applicable contracts, payer requirements, credentialing standards, and service codes.
  • Accurately track approved billable or contract-eligible services and provide required information for revenue-cycle or contract reporting.
  • Maintain compliance with Utah SUDC scope, Odyssey House policy, correctional-facility requirements, confidentiality standards, and documentation requirements.
• Admissions & BPS Clinical Support:
  • When not scheduled for justice-services programming, assist with SUD-focused portions of intake and BPS work within credentialed and agency-defined scope.
  • Gather detailed substance-use history, prior SUD treatment, relapse/return-to-use history, overdose and IV/needle-risk history, MAT/MOUD history, recovery supports, and justice/re-entry information.
  • Support intake events and high-volume admission periods when group schedules permit.
  • Collaborate with BHCDS and LMHT staff so SUD-specific factual information is complete and available for licensed clinical review.
  • Do not allow routine intake work to displace the primary prison, jail, and halfway-house programming assignment.
  • Expectations Prison, jail, and halfway-house groups are delivered as scheduled with reliable coverage. Documentation is completed accurately and within required timelines. Approved billable or contract-eligible services are captured accurately after reimbursement requirements are validated. Clients receive consistent, evidence-informed, recovery-oriented SUD programming within credentialed scope. Justice-system relationships are maintained professionally and communication with partners is timely. Available non-group time is used productively for SUD-focused intake/BPS support and other assigned clinical-support activities.

Requirements

• Active Utah Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDC) credential in good standing, or higher Utah behavioral health credential acceptable for assigned services.
• At least two years of SUD treatment experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating SUD treatment, psychoeducational, relapse-prevention, recovery-skills, or comparable behavioral health groups.
• Correctional, justice-involved, re-entry, probation/parole, drug court, jail, prison, or halfway-house experience strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Human Services, Criminal Justice, or a related field preferred but not required when credential and experience requirements are met.
• Experience with BestNotes or another behavioral health EHR preferred.
• Must be able to meet prison, jail, and other facility background, security, orientation, credentialing, and access requirements.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of substance-use disorders, relapse prevention, recovery supports, MAT/MOUD, overdose prevention, treatment engagement, and re-entry barriers.
• Strong group-facilitation, motivational interviewing, documentation, interpersonal, and professional communication skills.
• Ability to engage and maintain appropriate boundaries with justice-involved clients in secure or highly structured environments.
• Ability to organize and complete timely service documentation that meets Odyssey House, facility, contract, payer, and credentialing standards.
• Ability to travel to assigned prison, jail, halfway-house, and Odyssey House locations.
• Ability to recognize and immediately escalate withdrawal, overdose, suicide, violence, psychosis, abuse, exploitation, or other urgent clinical concerns.
• Ability to support an accountable, solution-oriented, and collaborative culture with the Clinical Director, Admissions, program teams, and external justice-system partners.
• Willingness to be trained, effectively integrate, and support Odyssey House Brave Leader and Therapeutic Community principles and tools.