What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Use Specialist position at Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services?
Job Title : Substance Use Specialist
Job Summary :
CASES is seeking a Substance Use Specialist to play a critical role in providing compassionate and evidence-based substance use treatment to individuals seeking recovery. In this position, you will conduct thorough assessments, offer both individual and group counseling, and develop person-centered, trauma-informed treatment plans tailored to each client's unique needs. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of therapists, primary care providers, case managers, and peer specialists to ensure comprehensive care and support. Your expertise will guide clients through crisis interventions, relapse prevention, and harm reduction strategies, while advocating for access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and community resources. By combining clinical knowledge with a holistic approach, you will empower clients on their journey to recovery and help foster long-term wellness.
Shift Hours : This position is full-time Monday through Friday from 9 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm
Salary : The salary range for the role is $45,000 - $55,000 per year.
Location Address : 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.
Workplace Flexibility : Hybrid - Positions for which staff can work from a remote (home or another suitable space) one day per week or more (in a typical week) as by leadership. Occasional travel required.
What You Will Be Doing :
- Provide substance use treatment as a member of a multidisciplinary care team to clients enrolled in NCCBHC using team-based approach to treatment working collaboratively with therapists, psychiatrists / PNPs, peer specialist, case managers, nurses, and family members.
- Perform Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment.
- Provide services that are person / family-centered, strengths-based, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally competent.
- Identify the treatment needs of and with clients, based on severity of substance use, stage of change, and immediate needs as well as recommended treatment objectives.
- Engage clients with urgent and crisis substance use needs at all stages of NCCBHC services to resolve substance use crisis, assess treatment needs, and provide substance use expertise for person-centered evaluation and treatment planning.
- At all stages of engagement starting at referral to services obtain information to establish the degree of risk for substance use and associated harmful behaviors and provide interventions and supports to promote progress towards recovery.
- Provide individual counseling, relapse prevention, psychoeducation, and harm reduction using motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy responses.
- Run evidence-based substance use treatment and Relapse Prevention groups.
- Act as an advocate and liaison for clients in securing access to MAT, emergency detox and rehabilitation care, and other community supports that promote integrated substance use or dual disorder treatment.
- Dispense Naloxone response kits as an approved NYS dispenser promoting harm reduction.
- Outreach and network with DCO partners providing crisis stabilization, inpatient / residential detox and rehabilitative treatment centers to support workflows and collaborative work.
- Contribute to ongoing organizational commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracist practices in delivery of services and work as member of the NCCBHC.
What We Are Looking For :
Employee Benefits :
CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including :
Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.
CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.
Monday - Friday from 9 : 00 AM - 5 : 00 PM
35 Hours Per Week
Salary : $45,000 - $55,000