Location : Morganton, NC

We offer a $5,000 sign on bonus with this position!

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 respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.
• Competitive Payrates! 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.
• Grow ! Our strong core values include promotion and position changes for your career development.
• Flexibility! We work in a team environment and promote flexibility.
• Training! Solid training is provided & paid 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
• Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Short term & long-term insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Seeking a Qualified Professional to work with adults as a part of a Community Support Team. 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.

Job Duties include :

• Assists with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies
• Ensures linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations
• Provides intensive case management
• Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services
• Assist with the individual’s housing search including engaging landlords to rent to individuals and writing reasonable accommodation letters
• Assist with connecting individuals to financial and in-kind resources to set up and maintain their household

Education and Experience Required :

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Social Work, Special Education, or other closely related Human Services area
• Two (2) years of professional experience with the adult mental health population

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.

Last updated : 2024-05-24