What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Use Disorder Specialist position at Edinburgcenter?
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SPECIALIST
Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
Mobile position in the communities surrounding Bedford, MA
$65,000 annually for license-eligible clinicians
Higher rates for licensed Clinicians
Who You Are:
BA/BS or MA/MSW and at least one year of experience in the field required, two years in the field preferred. Experience with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and coexisting substance use disorders population required. LADOC preferred. Valid driver’s license required. Skilled in the use of Microsoft Word.
What You Will Do:
Provide recovery-oriented treatment services to team consumers and performs indirect services as detailed below. Staff may be required to attend additional training on a range of topics such as evidence-based practices, recovery-oriented treatment, trauma informed care, illness-management-recovery, and forensic specialties. Performs indirect services as detailed below. Maintains a caseload of consumers receiving outreach services.
Who We Are:
A dedicated team of professionals who have chosen to join an organization with a forty-year history of serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, brain injury and autism in the community. When we’re not at work, we love to hike, bike, craft, read, shop and sing opera, among many other things! Our staff of 350 have range of interests and skills and we know you do too! We know that The Edinburg Center will mean as much to you as it does to us!
At work, we are psychiatrists, social workers, clinicians, nurses, behavior specialists, peer specialists, board certified behavior analysts, direct service staff and employment specialists.
What We Offer:
We offer an excellent benefits package for both full and part-time staff, including health and dental (must work a minimum of 30 hours) vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance as well as a 401(k)-retirement savings plan. Paid time off benefits include vacation, personal, sick and holidays. To support ongoing professional development, we offer tuition reimbursement, conference, seminar, certification, and specialized training funding, as well as free clinical supervision for licensure.
We think the best benefit we offer is the chance to learn from each other and we hope you will be willing to teach us as well.
Be YOU! We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The Edinburg Center, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
Please apply by visiting us at http://www.edinburgcenter.org/careers
Salary : $65,000