Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist- Wake County, NC

Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist- Wake County, NC

Full-time; posted: Monday, Nov 13 2017

Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia Send resume to:

Jamie Morehart
North Carolina

Email: [email protected]

Basic Responsibilities:

• Conducts comprehensive substance abuse assessments considering the relationship between substance use and mental health. • Assesses, tracks and documents individual’s stages of change readiness and stages of treatment. • Uses outreach and motivational interviewing techniques to work with individuals in earlier stages of change readiness. • Facilitates access to 12-step groups and other community supports. • Uses cognitive behavioral approaches and relapse prevention to work with beneficiaries in later stages of change readiness. • Ensures that the team’s treatment approaches are consistent with individual’s stages of change readiness. • Facilitates the Person Centered Planning process for individual’s as assigned.  • Serves as a consultant and educator to fellow ACT team members on the topic of integrated dual disorder treatment (IDDT) and motivational interviewing.  • Provides structured face-to-face scheduled therapeutic interventions to provide support and guidance in all areas of functional domains: adaptive, communication, personal care, domestic, psychosocial, problem solving, etc. in preventing, overcoming, or managing the individual's level of functioning and enhancing his/her ability to remain in the community. • Provides psychosocial rehabilitative interventions and case coordination. • Meet critical standards contained in the most current edition of the National Program Standards for ACT Teams as established by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill or US Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services.  • Prepares and submits documentation accurately and on time. • Participates in peer review. • Ensures incident reports are prepared and submitted on time. • Prepares and presents documentation for utilization review. • Assists in training new employees. • Completes required training within prescribed timeframes. • Successfully participates in the DMH approved ACTT training. • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Holds licensure of LCASA, or LCAS with dual LPC, strongly preferred.