Community Outreach Engagement Clinician

Located in Goshen, NY

Provides clinical services to clients in the community at various locations including remote sites and client homes. Intervention and engagement, clinical assessment, and individual and group counseling to individuals with substance use disorders with the primary population being opiate use, but who also may have co-occurring mental health and medical disorders. Also provides coordination of care for client needs, education and harm reduction strategies for those client systems in a pre-contemplation/ contemplation stage of change, community outreach, and clinical services to family members of substance users.

MUST HAVES

Education>

·        Master's Degree > in any QHP field

Experience>

·        5 years Substance Abuse treatment, prevention

·        5 years Addiction counseling

License/Certification>

·        Master’s Level QHP or CASAC 5 years experience in Substance Abuse

·        Driver's License

Job Type: Full-time  Salary: $60,000.00 per year plus generous full benefits package (4 weeks vacation!)

TO APPLY CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.indeed.com/job/community-outreach-and-engagement-clinician-orange-county-0b457261d32ea799

Want more details first? OK, here’s a list of some of the things you’ll be doing.

SOME Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Conducts comprehensive bio-psych-social assessments and develops intervention/ treatment plans.

2. Coordinates client care through direct clinical engagement, counseling, and case management.

3. Collaborates with the Project Director to ensure service schedules and locations meet identified service needs; responsible for site set up for tele-medicine sessions.

4. Oversight and coordination of peers at the direction of the Project Director to meet client needs and best practice is utilized.

5. Documents all services provided in the electronic health record in accordance with NYS regulations including assessments, fee agreements, session notes, treatment plans, discharge summaries, etc. to delineate the course of interventions and clinical process accurately and timely.

6. Train community members, clients, and families in Narcan.

7. Refer clients to the appropriate level of care and work collaboratively with the Care Manager and respective treatment providers.

8. Understanding Hierarchy of Needs, Motivational Interviewing, Crisis intervention, Family engagement, and community outreach and case management skills.

9. Makes recommendations for changes in the service delivery for the grant based on community need.

10. Able to work with unpredictable clients or clients under stressful situations that require consistent support.

AS ALWAYS:

Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan & Ulster is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.