Mental Health Qualified Professional/AP for Day Treatment services

Location: Asheville, NC

Type:  Full Time

We offer a $3,000 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. 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 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.
• 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 upon hire, 100 hours first year
• 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

Day Treatment is a service designed to serve children who, as a result of their mental health or substance use disorder treatment needs, are unable to benefit from participation in academic services at a developmentally appropriate level in a traditional school setting. A Qualified Professional provides intensive therapeutic services in our Day Treatment program within the Buncombe County School System in Asheville, NC.  We are looking for someone who feels they have strengths in running groups, being part of a team and teaching coping and social skills in a classroom setting. Hours are most typically school hours with flexibility around completing paperwork.

We are looking for someone who feels they have strengths in running groups, being part of a team and teaching coping and social skills in a classroom setting. Hours are most typically school hours with flexibility around completing paperwork.

Job Duties Include:

• Participate in a community-based team approach that utilize the resources of the community, consumer, and treatment team to achieve positive outcomes
• Utilize knowledge of clinical process to achieve positive outcomes to include evaluation, assessment, service, treatment planning, trauma focused models and intervention techniques, aftercare, and transition planning
• Manage an assigned caseload and meet the direct care billable productivity expectations of the organization
• Maintain accurate service and billing record documentation that clearly communicates the services provided and consumer progress

Basic Requirements:

• Ability to perform tasks on the computer including working with Microsoft 360, Excel, Word and other basic programs.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance coverage and reliable transportation
• Pass criminal background check and other regulatory checks
• Provide proof of your education

Education and Experience Required:

1. A bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Social Work, Special Education, or other closely related Human Services area
2. Associate Professional - One (1) year of professional experience with the child mental health population
3. Qualified Professional - Two (2) years of professional experience with the child mental health population

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, Statesville 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.