Assistant Program Director – Integrated MH​/SUD Services

Overview

Coastal Horizons is seeking a dedicated Assistant Program Director to oversee our psychosocial rehabilitation program, a structured day treatment model designed to support adults living with severe mental illness. The position also plays an integral part in collaborating with outpatient treatment, crisis and intake teams, the Opioid Treatment Program, and other New Hanover County initiatives. This position offers a dynamic opportunity to contribute to a comprehensive continuum of care supporting individuals across multiple levels of need.

Job Title: Assistant Program Director - Integrated MH/SUD Services

Schedule: Monday–Friday

Location: Wilmington, NC – New Hanover County

• Supports the Program Director for effective administration, work efficiency, program performance, and provides a full range of substance abuse and clinical services for clients with complicated substance use and co-occurring disorders.
• Provides independent diagnostic, psychosocial, and professional counseling for adults with complicated substance use, behavioral health, and co-occurring disorders.
• Supports clinical supervision of provisionally licensed staff, and provides administrative supervision for staff within the department.
• Provides direct support to the Psychosocial Rehabilitation program including managing staff and client needs.
• Collaborates and maintains partnerships with key stakeholders to support program delivery and growth.

• Provides clinical leadership and direction under the Program Director to ensure staff productivity by managing schedules, providing training to increase efficiency, and managing outcomes.
• Supervises graduate interns, including orientation, developing and assessing learning objectives, providing feedback, completing paperwork and onboarding, and ensuring ethical and competent practice.
• Partners with the Program Director, medical staff, and other behavioral health professionals to maintain an effective interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Assists in the development and assessment of data collection methods to report and monitor program activities and analyze benefits to program goals.
• Provides a full range of behavioral health services, including independent diagnostic and psychosocial evaluation; individual, group, and family counseling focusing on complicated behavioral health and substance use issues; treatment and person-centered planning; crisis intervention; case management; client education; and record keeping.
• Establishes and maintains community relationships with partnerships, agencies, and referral sources including DSS, TASC, and NHNHRMC.
• May represent clinical programs on task forces, coalitions, and partnerships when appropriate.
• Provides day-to-day oversight and management for PSR, managing needs of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Employs counseling methods characterized by individual and group modalities, including reality, cognitive-behavioral, family, and supportive approaches, individualized to client needs.
• Addresses collateral issues such as finances, medical, vocational, health, and behavior in counseling services.
• Provides information to and coordinates with schools, employers, and families on treatment plans, behavior management, and other needs.
• Works with emergency referrals, conducts community educational workshops, and provides professional services to referrals from the judicial system and statewide institutions.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions and potential exposure to fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gasses, or poor ventilation; may work in close quarters. Employees may be exposed to human body fluids and are covered by OSHA blood borne pathogens regulations.

• Graduation from a Master’s degree program in human services and four (4) years of progressive experience in behavioral health assessment and treatment.
• Full licensure as a Psychological Associate, Professional Counselor, or Clinical Social Worker.
• Dual licensure as Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred.
• Experience with individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and/or providing support to clinicians working with…