The Substance Abuse Specialist is a member of the Assertive Community Treatment multidisciplinary team responsible for providing treatment, rehabilitation and support services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness. All the individuals we serve live in the community and the services we provide are community based. The Substance Abuse Specialist has the primary responsibility of providing on-going screening and assessment of substance use, counseling and coaching. The Substance Abuse Specialist will assist in the provision of clinical/treatment services, conduct case management, life skills training and supportive therapy. The position is also responsible to provide symptom management education to assist consumers to identify and manage their mental illness symptoms while remaining in the community.
The work schedule is flexible and requires rotating evening and weekend shifts. On-call crisis intervention on a rotating schedule to cover evenings, weekends and holidays.