SA Counselor

JOB DESCRIPTION: Community Support Team Substance Abuse Counselor   Community Support Team (CST) provides direct support to adults with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) diagnosis of mental illness, substance use, or comorbid disorder and who have complex and extensive treatment needs. This service consists of community-based mental health and substance use services, and structured rehabilitative interventions intended to increase and restore a beneficiary’s ability to live successfully in the community. The team approach involves structured, face-to-face therapeutic interventions that assist in reestablishing the beneficiary’s community roles related to the following life domains: emotional, behavioral, social, safety, housing, medical and health, educational, vocational, and legal.   This is an intensive community-based rehabilitation team service that provides direct treatment and restorative interventions as well as case management. CST is designed to provide: a. symptom stability by reducing presenting psychiatric or substance use disorder symptoms; b. restorative interventions for development of interpersonal, community, coping and independent living skills; c. psychoeducation; d. first responder intervention to deescalate a crisis; and e. service coordination and ensure linkage to community services and resources.   This team service consists of a variety of interventions available 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, 365- days-a-year, and delivered by the CST staff, who maintain contact and intervene as one organizational unit. CST services are provided through a team approach, however discrete interventions may be delivered by any one or more team members if clinically indicated. Not all team members are required to provide direct intervention to each beneficiary on the caseload. The Team Lead shall provide direct clinical interventions with each beneficiary.   Responsibilities include: ·       Provides psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP ·       Assists with crisis interventions ·       Assists the Team Lead with behavioral and substance use disorder treatment interventions ·       Assists with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies •Coordinates the initial and ongoing assessment activities ·       Develops the initial PCP and its ongoing revisions and ensures its implementation ·       Consults with identified medical (i.e., primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical providers, engages community and natural supports, and includes their input in the person-centered planning process ·       Ensures linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations ·       Monitors and documents the status of the beneficiary’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the PCP ·       Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services ·       Conducts comprehensive substance abuse assessments considering the relationship between substance use and mental health; ·       Assesses and tracks beneficiary’s stages of change readiness and stages of treatment; ·       Uses outreach and motivational interviewing techniques to work with beneficiaries 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;   REQUIREMENTS: • Be available to work with the individual at least one time a week and have the ability to deliver services in various environments. • 24/7 on call availability (on rotation) • Attend at least one or more hours of direct supervision each month according to  supervision requirements in 10A NAC27.G.0104 • Complete the required training within 3 months of hire to include crisis management and other components of CST activities. • Document direct service delivery according to Medicaid and CSEUC standards to include: purpose of contact, describes the provider’s interventions, the time spent performing the intervention, the effectiveness of the interventions, the signature (degree, credentials or position) of the person providing the service.   QUALIFICATIONS: Substance Abuse Specialist: Must meet the following qualifications • ____ CCS • ____ LCAS • ____ LCAS-A • ____ CSAC • Must meet the Qualified Professional status according to 10ANCAC27G.0104 • All staff providing CST services must have a minimum of one year documented experience with the adult population.

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