Co-Occurring Specialist

Make a Difference at Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services!

Bridgeway offers uniquely rewarding experience in a supportive Team atmosphere. We invest in our employees. We offer excellent salary and benefits packages, and opportunities to advance your career. Become part of the Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services Team!

Make a Future at Bridgeway!

Who we are: Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Why you should apply: As a Co-Occurring Specialist, you willjoin an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

Department: RIST 5 – Hudson/Essex County

Salary: $50,000

Location: Union, NJ

Work hours: Monday-Friday (9am-5:00 pm) Full time- 40 hours’ weekly

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Under the direction of the Team Leader-Licensed or Wellness Clinician-Licensed, provides direct services to individuals to secure and maintain permanent housing, assesses history, current needs and preferences of person’s served in the areas of mental health and substance use. Works with persons served and the team to develop integrated individualized mental health and substance use treatment goals and interventions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, counseling, psychology or criminal justice.
• Master’s Degree preferred
• CADC required
• A minimum of 2 years paid, progressive work experience in co-occurring/Integrated Dual Disorder
• Treatment services or human service experience with strong knowledge of addictions.
• Experience as a person in recovery preferred.
• 1-year experience if certified as a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
• Disclosure: Those who disclose they are in recovery must have two years clean time.
• Valid driver’s license required

EXCELLENT BENEFITS:

• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAP
• Eligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
• Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and workplace culture. We provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law; and we strongly encourage candidates of all identities, experiences, orientations, and communities to apply.