Job description

Help Us Help People to Realize the Resilience That’s Within Them.

Do you enjoy helping people to achieve their goals and dreams?

Want to work for a company committed to supporting, educating, and empowering people to choose and achieve what is important to them?

Monarch NC, a provider of high-quality and trauma-informed care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders, is seeking an experienced Addiction / Substance Abuse Therapist to join our team in Lexington, NC.

The Addiction / Substance Abuse Therapist will assist and support individuals who are served in the development of skills, behaviors, responsibilities, and support needed to live, learn, work and be integrated into the community with the greatest possible degree of self-determination and independence.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide service coordination for individual with mental health and substance abuse issues and is responsible for developing, with the other team members, the overall service plan.
• Assist in the development of natural support networks. Individual and group supportive counseling, monitoring of symptoms and medications, linking the individual supported to the appropriate services, agencies and supports in the community, monitoring their development of appropriate behaviors in his/her home and other community settings, teaching the individual supported skills necessary for independent community living and facilitating them in the practice and transfer of these skills to his/her environment, providing support to his/her family.
• Assume responsibility for writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising Person Centered Plan and overall treatment goals and service plans that are based on evaluations and recommendations from assessments by various professionals and input from the individual supported.
• Function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement treatment goals.
• Facilitate training of independent living skills, establish access to community services and agencies, assist individuals in establishing support networks in the community and assess individual needs on a daily basis.
• Coordinate services with the program, staff, inpatient facilities, and detoxification facilities and establish linkage to residential programs, self-help programs and community resources.
• Review treatment progress and monitor and provide continuous consultation with other ACTT staff and community agencies to ensure the consistent therapeutic management of the individual’s needs.
• Act as liaison with the program after hours staff on a daily basis through exchange of participant information; briefly detailing the presenting problem and after hours plans for the individuals being served by the ACTT.
• Complete an intake assessment including: medical history, general physical condition, alcohol and drug histories and current use, educational issues, family structure and relationships, vocational history and goals, legal history and issues, psychiatric history (including, onset, course, effect of illness, treatment history, medication history risk behaviors).
• Ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status which may put individual at risk.
• Developing service plans and/or person-centered plans as appropriate, and screens referrals in coordination with the other ACTT members.
• Driving and travel may be required.
• Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

To qualify, candidates must have the following:

• A Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services related field is required.
• Must have at least 1 of the following North Carolina licenses or certifications: Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) or Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist Associate (LCASA).
• At least 2 years of post-graduate experience working with people with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities or substance abuse issues.
• A valid Driver's License is also required.

We understand that in order for our professionals to take good care of our people, we need to take good care of them too. That’s why we offer the following benefits:

• Employee Care Fund for Monarch staff facing financial hardship as a result of unforeseen circumstances like a natural disaster, house fire or other emergencies!
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, including 10 paid company holidays
• Our company qualifies for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program!
• Employee Development Program
• Employee Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program

...and much more!

Come join us in our mission to support people with disabilities in growing toward their potential, reaching their dreams, and making their own informed choices about where they live, learn, work, play and worship. We look forward to working with you!

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Addiction Medicine
• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• Day shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Addiction counseling: 2 years (Required)
• Mental health counseling: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• North Carolina CADC, LCAS or LCASA (listed on your resume) (Required)

Work Location: One location

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