Mental Health Professional for Substance Use Disorder Services

Location:  Morganton, NC

Position Status:  Full Time

Education Required: A bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Psychology, Social Work or closely related Human Services area.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:CADC

A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well-established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina. The agency was founded on the belief that when people truly care and are willing to go the extra mile, we will not only improve lives, but we will also create success in the lives of the people we support.

 To more about us, visit our website atwww.caringalternative.com.

Why apply at A Caring Alternative?

• We celebrate diversity, so bring YOU!   We want you to be proud and comfortable to bring your true self and we strive to enhance the value of our work through respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.
• Competitive Payrates!  We offer a competitive rate of pay.
• Work related mileageis paid tax free.
• Be a Team Member! As a member of our team, we are dedicated to promoting your talents, skillset, and energies to improve the environment and quality for those we serve. We are in the business of caring and committed to building an organization where our team can grow together by helping others. 
• Strong Core Values!  Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care.
• Flexibility!  We work in a team environment and promote flexibility. One of our core values is that our employees have a healthy work-life balance.
• Training!  Solid training is provided & paid for by the company. Free CPR, First Aid and NPI training. CEUs are available and external training is also paid for by the company.

Benefits! We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees.

• Company laptop provided for most positions
• 401(k) & Roth retirement plans
• Company matching 401(k) & Roth
• 11 paid holidays
• Direct deposit
• Paid Time Off accrual begins 60 days after hire
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance plus 16 hours paid sick time after 60 days
• Company paid Life Insurance policy
• Short term & long-term insurance available
• Employee Assistance Program for free financial, emotional & legal help

Qualifications

The purpose of this position is to serve as a therapeutic resource to consumers of A Caring Alternative in compliance with agency standards and best practice. Substance Use Disorder Services (SUD) provide structured individual and group addiction activities and are provided at an outpatient program designed to assist adult a time-limited, multi-faceted approach treatment service for adults to begin recovery and learn skills for recovery maintenance. These services are provided during day and evening hours to enable beneficiaries to maintain residence in their community, continue to work or go to school, and to be a part of their family life. 

Job Duties include:

• Develop  consumers’ PCPs  and Crisis Plan, based on findings of the clinical assessment and consumer input
• Ensure service authorizations are complete and entered correctly in the electronic medical record for acceptance of service note and billing submission in accordance to MCO utilization management requirements/restrictions.
• Ensures completion of all intake/annual consumer documents, including service agreement, provider choice, release of information forms.
• Provides case management to consumers, ensuring access to community resources and federal/state entitlements.
• Develop and implement group materials and lessons plans. 
• Monitor group sessions for best practice; lead groups  
• Complete measurement tools, including SDOH, TOPPS
• Assess consumer risk and develop safety plans
• Monitor results of biochemical assays and, in conjunction with other team members, develop appropriate intervention for positive drug screens
• Transition consumers as appropriate to other SUD services, Mental Health services, or discharge

Education and Experience Required: A bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Psychology, Social Work or closely related Human Services area.

• Must be a CADC.
• For AP – must have 1 year of professional substance use work experiencewith population served
• For QP – must have 2 years of professional substance use work experiencewith population served.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office- MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Resume must include degree earned (major & minor), graduation month & year, relevant employment dates includingmonth andyear, and populations served.

• Company laptop provided for most positions
• 401(k) & Roth retirement plans
• Company matching 401(k) & Roth
• 11 paid holidays
• Direct deposit
• Paid Time Off accrual begins 60 days after hire
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance plus 16 hours paid sick time after 60 days
• Company paid Life Insurance policy
• Short term & long-term insurance available
• Employee Assistance Program for free financial, emotional & legal help

A Caring Alternative, LLC is a CARF accredited service provider with facilities in Asheville, Hickory, Marion, and Morganton, NC. A Caring Alternative, LLC is CABHA certified and a Trauma Informed Agency. We provide an array of services to Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell, Iredell, McDowell, and Mitchell counties which consist of Assertive Community Treatment Team, Community Support Team, Day Treatment, Integrated Care, Intensive In-Home, Medication Management, Outpatient Therapy, and Therapeutic Foster Care.

We are an equal opportunity employer.