Certified/Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor - Community-Based Mental Health Care | ACT. Si
Job in
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, 28054, USA
Listing for:
Monarch
Full Time, Part Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-02
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Mental Health, Community Health
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 23 USD Hourly
USD
23.00
HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Certified/Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor - Community-Based Mental Health Care | ACT. $1K Si[...]
Overview
Make a Difference in Someone’s Life! At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.
You Belong at Monarch
You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find e, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.
Job Highlights:
Starting Pay: from $23.00/hour
SIGN ON BONUS: $1,000 ($500 at 30 days of employment; $500 at 6 months of employment)
Qualified candidates must be considered a Qualified Professional and a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS-A or LCAS) with a Master degree (Human Services) with a minimum one year full-time OR two years part-time applicable experience.
This Opportunity: The primary responsibilities of the Assertive Community Treatment Team Substance Abuse Professional are to assist and support individuals who are served in the development of skills, behaviors, responsibilities, and supports needed to live, learn, work and be integrated into the community with the greatest possible degree of self-determination and independence.
What You'll Do
Provide service coordination for individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues and develop, with other team members, the overall service plan.Assist in the development of natural support networks. Conduct individual and group supportive counseling, monitor symptoms and medications, link the individual to appropriate services, agencies and supports in the community, monitor their development of appropriate behaviors in home and community settings, teach skills for independent community living, and provide support to family.Assume responsibility for writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising Person Centered Plans and overall treatment goals and service plans based on evaluations and recommendations from assessments 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 daily.Coordinate services with the program, staff, inpatient facilities, and detoxification facilities; establish linkage to residential programs, self-help programs and community resources.Review treatment progress and monitor and provide ongoing consultation with other Assertive Community Treatment Team staff and community agencies to ensure 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 individuals served.Meet regularly with the other Assertive Community Treatment Team members to formulate and disseminate information and be available by telephone and/or pager; review the total caseload, problem-solve, develop plans, and determine daily duty assignments.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 the individual at risk.Document participant activities consistent with the service records…
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