Substance Use Practitioner

SUMMARYThe Substance Use Specialist works within an interdisciplinary team intended to provide intensive frequent wrap-around services to individuals who have a diagnosis of serious and persistent mental illness. The Substance Use Specialist is assigned to persons served individualized treatment teams who have identified substance use that interferes with their goals and functioning and work along-side other specialists in carrying out rehabilitative interventions specific to co-occurring evidence-based practices. As part of the person(s) served individualized treatment team the Substance Use Specialist is responsible for conducting assessments that monitor the person(s) served goals and functioning on an ongoing basis. The Substance Use Specialist typically sees approximately 16 to 20 persons served within 1 working week and is expected to communicate interactions with the person served at daily team meetings and documenting these interventions in the Electronic Health JOB FUNCTIONSTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below. Conducting a variety of clinical assessments to monitor persons served goal areas and functioning on an ongoing out interventions in the community and effectively communicates each interaction to the team in daily team meetings as well as in the electronic health activities include resource maintenance and acquisition coordination with external providers and natural supports monitoring the persons served substance use ongoing and making Substance use Specialist is considered the team expert on co-occurring evidence-based treatment approaches and substance use trends in the Substance Use Specialist is part of crisis response at the lowest level of escalation engages in risk mitigation and harm reduction Substance Use Specialist also participates in a rotation of on-call RESPONSIBILITIESNoneMinimum Knowledge and Skills required for the JobThe requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or abilities required to perform the job. Education and Experience: Holds a bachelors degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university and/or has at least 4000 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 with 2000 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 agency encourages staff to seek license at the highest standard permitted by their education and Licenses and Registrations:All staff are supported in gaining certification as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation is Skills and Abilities:N/ Requirements:Travel as Requirements:Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.