Job Location: Morganton, NC

Position Type: Full time

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

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.

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

Summary:

An Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team consists of a community-based group of medical, behavioral health and rehabilitation professionals who use a team approach to meet the needs of an individual with severe and persistent mental illness. ACTT is a team dedicated to reducing and eliminating the symptoms of severe mental illness and to enhance the individual's quality of life.

The ACTT Employment Specialist provides supported employment and education services to individuals served by the ACT Team, including engagement, vocational assessment, job development, job coaching and follow-along supports as well as benefits counseling.

Job Duties include:

• Complete pre-vocational assessment that is focused on the individual's strengths and preferences, and on-the-job assessments, where appropriate
• Conduct job development, where the vocational specialist builds relationships with local businesses and educates them about the services that the vocational specialist provides, collects information about positions, and ideally determines the potential for job carving options
• Provide job coaching and ongoing supports, assisting the individual's in learning the job skills, navigating the workplace, managing work relationships with other employees and supervisors
• Provide benefits counseling directly, as well as connects individuals to experts for more extensive benefits counseling as needed; this includes development of SSI/SSDI Work Incentives and NC Medicaid Buy-In: Health Coverage for workers with disabilities

Education and Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Psychology, Social Work or closely related Human Services area
• Two (2) years of professional MH work experience with adults.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office- MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

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.