What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Use and Mental Health Access Navigator position at Sky Ranch Behavioral Services?
Company Overview
Sky Ranch Behavioral Services is dedicated to providing comprehensive behavioral health services that empower individuals to navigate their recovery journeys. Our mission is to inspire and motivate change within individuals and families along their recovery and healing journey toward balanced whole health living.
Summary
As a Health Navigator at Sky Ranch Behavioral Services, you will play a vital role in guiding clients through their mental health and substance use care options. This position is responsible for facilitating open access, walk-in, and scheduled navigation services for connecting youth, adults, and/or families to substance use and mental health care. In addition, this position will offer phone-based support for individuals needing resources and/or questions answered regarding accessing substance use and/or mental health care. This position will offer access and navigation services for a minimum of 15 hours per week and maintain 60% or greater direct contact in the delivery of face-to-face interventions. This is a full-time position requiring working hours to best accommodate meeting the needs of the clients served to include evening hours. Scheduled hours for work are 10 AM – 6 PM on Monday and Friday and 11 AM – 7 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Responsibilities
- Answer questions and provide general information about substance use and/or mental health issues.
- Educate individuals/families about how to respond in an opioid crisis, substance use crisis, and mental health crisis
- General screening for safety, substance use, and mental health.
- Assist and support with navigating the steps to access substance use and/or mental health care for youth, adults, and/or family members.
- Assist with helping individuals/families to understand the steps and navigating substance use and/or mental health commitments.
- Providing connections to community-based and culturally responsive resources to support individuals with substance use and/or mental health issues.
- Provision of both online and community-based resources, including referral and warm-handoff.
- Delivering walk in and scheduled substance use disorder assessments.
- Conduct assessments, determine level of care based on The ASAM Criteria, and provide individual and group counseling sessions
- Participate in team meetings, community outreach, and required annual trainings
- Support clients in addressing a variety of individualized goals to help obtain a successful recovery
- File timely reports, comply with web-based reporting, online filing, and use of electronic health records system(s).
- Communicate with and meet expectations with outside entities including, but not limited to: Juvenile and Adult probation officers, various court systems, Department of Human Services, other similar agencies, etc.
- Professionally model and interact with clients in a positive and collaborative manner
- Ensure compliance with Code of Ethics, confidentiality, mandated reporting, release of information, and overall ethical, legal, and best practices for delivery of substance use services
- Maintain interpersonal skills, which display healthy boundaries while remaining open-minded and willing to try new ideas
- Continually look for ways to improve the quality of their own skills, and the work environment around them
- Always maintain awareness of their environment and observe procedures to work in a safe and secure manner
- Practices within professional areas of expertise and scope of practice. Practices under the supervision of an appropriately licensed professional (if required).
- Participate in supervision as required and/or necessary for their certification and best practices for service delivery
- Attend scheduled meetings with SRBS as applicable
- Submit billing and timesheets promptly as required to SRBS Supervising Substance Use Counselor and/or Executive Director
- Submit signed Client Paperwork and Notes promptly as scheduled
- Submit new Treatment Plans for clients every 30 days
- Maintain 60% direct productivity for unduplicated clients
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor (CADC) or tCADC
- Experience as a substance use counselor preferred
- Possess Dependent Adult and Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Certificate
- Possess a valid Driver’s License with proof of motor vehicle insurance
- Demonstrated experience in providing culturally responsive services
- Experience working with at-risk individuals
- Good written and verbal skills
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work responsibilities with limited supervision and/or structured guidance
- Ability to build collaboration
- Ability to motivate individuals to make healthy changes
- Computer skills
- Good advocacy skills
- Ability to form relationships and build partnerships
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges, we invite you to apply today and join our dedicated team at Sky Ranch Behavioral Services.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.00 - $23.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Loan forgiveness
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
License/Certification:
- tCADC or CADC (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Sioux City, IA 51101 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $21 - $23