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LCAS/CADC - Substance Abuse MH Professional
Status: Full Time
Location: Asheville, NC and surrounding area
We offer a $5,000 sign-on bonus!
Status: Full Time
Location: Asheville, NC and surrounding area
We offer a $5,000 sign-on bonus!
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.
To learn more about us, visit our website at www.caringalternative.com.
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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 the respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.
- Competitive Pay rates! We offer a competitive rate of pay. Work-related mileage is paid tax-free.
- Pride in Your Work! You can join an organization that seeks to set the standard for quality support services for people with mental illness. We hope you will find satisfaction and take pride in your work here.
- Strong Core Values! Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care about.
- Grow! Our strong core values include promotion and position changes for your career development.
- Clinical Supervision! If you are provisionally licensed or a CADC Intern, clinical supervision is provided by clinicians within our agency and is available at no charge to you. Our supervision will allow you to acquire new skills and grow in your ability to provide quality services during your employment with our company.
- Flexibility! We work in a team environment and promote flexibility.
- Training! Solid training is provided & paid for by the company.
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees.
- 401(k) & Roth retirement plan.
- 401(k) matching.
- 11 paid holidays.
- 2 Paid Sick Days.
- Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours the first year.
- Major medical, dental & vision insurance.
- Company-paid Life Insurance.
- Short-term & long-term insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
Summary:
This service consists of community-based Mental Health and substance use services, and structured rehabilitative interventions intended to increase and restore an individual’s ability to live successfully in the community. The team approach involves structured, face-to-face therapeutic interventions that assist in reestablishing the individual’s community roles related to the following life domains: emotional, behavioral, social, safety, housing, medical and health, educational, vocational, and legal.
The role of the Substance Abuse Professional is to assess and track stages of change readiness and treatment and ensure that team treatment approaches are consistent with an individual’s readiness plan.
Job Duties Include:
Conduct comprehensive substance use assessments considering the relationship between substance use and Mental Health
Conduct comprehensive substance use assessments considering the relationship between substance use and Mental Health
- Use cognitive behavioral approaches and relapse prevention to work with individuals in later stages of change readiness
- Show knowledge and use of clinical process to achieve positive outcomes to include: evaluation, assessment, service, treatment planning, intervention techniques, aftercare, and transition planning
- Remain available face to face or by telephone, 24 hours a day 7 days a week as staff serves as the first responder in the event of crisis situations. The service site will be at any location the consumer or family needs
Education and Experience Required:
- One (1) year of professional experience with the adult Mental Health population
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
- LCAS, LCASA, CADC
Resume must include degree earned (major & minor), graduation month & year, relevant employment dates including month and year, and populations served.
A Caring Alternative, LLC is a CARF accredited service provider with facilities in Asheville, Hickory, Marion, 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.
About A Caring Alternative:
AboutEstablished in 2006.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. Proudly serving the community since 2006.
