Description

Job Location: Marion, NC

Position Type: Full time

We offer a $5,000 sign on bonus with this position!

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.

To learn more about us, visit our website at www.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 mileage is paid tax free.
• Pride in Your Work! You can join an organization that seeks to set the standard for quality support services for people with mental illness. We hope you will find satisfaction and take pride in your work here.
• Strong Core Values! Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care.
• Grow! Our strong core values include promotion and position changes for your career development.
• Free Clinical Supervision!  If you are provisionally licensed, clinical supervision is provided by clinicians within our agency and is available at no charge to you. Our supervision will allow you to acquire new skills and grow in your ability to provide quality services during your employment with our company.
• Flexibility! We work in a team environment and promote flexibility.
• Training! Solid training is provided & paid by the company.
• Benefits! We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees.
• 401(k) & Roth retirement plan
• 401(k) matching
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Short term & long-term insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Summary:

This position is responsible for providing intensive clinical therapeutic services to clientswith identified mental health or substance abuse diagnosis.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide clinical services using evidence-based practices in a person centered manner, including admission assessments and comprehensive clinical assessments
• Participate in creation of Person Centered Plan (PCP) meetings and amend as required by consumer needs
• Participate in service planning, therapeutic intervention, related case support, and documentation in clinical records
• Consult with contractual physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and community providers as it pertains to treatment
• Enter notes into electronic health record within set deadlines

Education and Experience Required: 

1. Master’s Degree in Social Work, Clinical Counseling, or reacted field.
2. A least one-year experience with the child mental health population.
3. Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
4. High level proficiency in Microsoft Office- MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: LP, LPA, LCSW, LCSWA, LCMHC, LCMHCA, LMFT, LMFTA

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

A Caring Alternative, LLC 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.