What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACT Substance Abuse Specialist position at Lifewell?
$4,000 Sign-on/Retention Bonus offered!!!
$2.00/hr ACT Differential.
We care for our team members with great benefits, a thriving company culture and a chance to change lives daily. At Lifewell, our mission is to provide life changing services and life changing careers.
Responsibilities:
As a team member on Lifewell’s ACT Team, you will be responsible for providing customized community-based services for people living with a serious mental illness who need more intensive wrap-around services to keep them living their lives in the community and out of the hospitals, jails, crisis system or emergency rooms.
Specifically, as an ACT Substance Abuse Specialist you will provide direct treatment, rehabilitative and supportive services in a community setting to members. You will work as part of a clinical team to assess member needs, to participate in the development of individual service plans and to act as a member advocate and liaison with families and community agencies. You will be responsible for providing on-call crisis intervention services, as well as weekend and holiday coverage and specific substance abuse interventions, as clinically indicated.
As the subject matter expert, you will facilitate substance abuse support either individually or in groups, according to the member’s treatment plan. By modelling substance abuse recovery skills and providing consultation to other clinicians and team members, you will be able to help them developing dual disorder assessments and treatment skills.
If you have a strong passion of helping other and are dependable, caring and compassionate and find motivation in helping our members live better lives, apply now! At Lifewell, we promote from within and foster an environment that encourages career growth and development.
We care for our team members by providing:
· Competitive compensation with quarterly incentive pay for clinical and medical team members
· Excellent healthcare insurance with multiple plan options to choose from for team members and their family
· Dental and vision plans with no-premium options
· A variety of Life, Disability and Worksite benefits
· Engaging Wellness Program with opportunities to earn Wellness incentives
· Generous time-off (3 weeks in 1st year)
· 10 paid Holidays
· 403(b) retirement plan with company match
· Child Care Discount program
· Employee Assistance program for team members and their family
· Team member perks and discounts
· Bilingual stipend
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED and three years behavioral health work experience; OR
- Associate’s degree in behavioral health related field and two years behavioral health work experience; OR
- Bachelor’s degree in a non-behavioral health related field and one year behavioral health work experience; OR
- Bachelor’s degree in behavioral health related field
- Current Arizona Driver License and a current satisfactory 39-month Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
- Must be 21 years of age
- Background Check
- Valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card or ability to obtain an Arizona fingerprint clearance card.
- Minimum 1 year recovery from drugs and/or alcohol
- Minimum typing speed of 25 wpm
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.08 - $23.48 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Salary : $2 - $23