Recovery Center of Maryland’s mission is to help individuals reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction to alcohol and other drugs and to reduce the incidence of addiction in future generations. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to clients with substance use and co-occurring disorders. The Mobile Treatment Services (MTS) Social Worker provides critical alcohol and other drug counseling, assessment, and referral services to clients in a manner that reflects the agency's mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The MTS Social Worker will serve alongside a multidisciplinary team and provide therapeutic services for clients that have a priority population diagnosis and meet the requirements for mobile treatment.

Requirements

General Knowledge and Skills (will possess at time of employment or will be expected to learn upon employment)

Knowledge of the dynamics of behavioral health disorders (BHD) and their impact upon persons served; the social factors involved in (BHD); the up-to-date principles/techniques (evidence based/best practices) of services and their application to individuals possessing (BHD); the community resources available to persons with (BHD), to include crisis response, person centered planning, psycho-educational interventions and cognitive and behavioral therapy; knowledge of acceptable billing and service record documentation.

Skill In the application of Person Centered Planning, evidence based/best practices as defined by COMAR 10.47, and/or literature/research, and organizational policy/procedure: skill in. the delivery of services using accepted treatment modalities, to include monitoring, linking, assessing, and coordinating; skill in establishing/maintaining effective therapeutic relationships with persons served and/or their family members; and, skill in accurately documenting services provided and billed.

Ability demonstrated in the application of evidence based/best practices models, interventions and referral techniques of services.

Additional Job Requirements:

Willing to work in a high stress environment that is driven by team performance.

Physical Demands/Work Environment Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use their hands. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use their hands, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with their hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste, smell, and lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. There are no specific vision abilities required for the job. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employees’ encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential

functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the noise level in the work environment is a moderate noise level.

Job Type: Full-time

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Work Location: In person