Qualified Professional Substance Abuse Worker - Full-time

SPRING LIFE BEHAVIORAL CARE, LLC

JOB DESCRIPTION

Qualified Professional (QP)  

Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SA-IOP)/Comprehensive Substance Abuse Comprehensive (SA-COT)

REPORTS TO:  Executive Director

Any job description distributed by Spring Life Behavioral Care, LLC, and (SLBC) is not inclusive of all duties that the employee will be required to perform. The employer expressly reserves the right to change the responsibilities and duties as so desired. The job description may be changed verbally or written. QP will possess the following qualifications and carry out the subsequent duties as follows:

Position Summary: The Qualified Professional (QP) provides services to consumers to promote substance abuse recovery, relapse prevention, increase coping skills as clinically indicated, and serves as a member of treatment team supporting program’s treatment philosophy and assures the deliverance of quality treatment to consumers. These services are provided in Spring Life Behavioral Care, LLC, Facility that meet licensure requirements of 10A NCAC 27G. 4400 and 10A NCAC 27G. 4500 respectively.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulation a human service profession, North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SAS with the population serves; or
• Graduate of a college or university with an advanced degree in a related human service field and having 1 year of full-time, post graduate accumulated MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling. or
• Graduate of a college or university with a Baccalaureate degree in a related human service field and having 2 years full-time post-bachelor’s degree MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse Professional who has two years experience of full-time, post bachelor’s degree supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling, or
• Graduate of a college or university with Baccalaureate degree in a non-related field and having 4 years of full-time post-bachelor’s degree MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PER SERVICE:

Registered with Substance Abuse Board/Provisionally licensed as LCAS-Intern/C-SAC: minimum of one-year documented experience with the adult and adolescent population with substance abuse need and good knowledge of human services principles and practices to include behavioral management methods, social and family systems, cognitive behavioral education and Seeking Safety/DBT/Motivational Interviewing methods 

STAFF REQUIREMENTS: 

1. An individual who holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, except for a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in mh/dd/sa with the population
2. A graduate of a college or university with a Masters degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, postgraduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
3. A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, post bachelor’s degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse
4. A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services and has four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide psycho-educational, relapse prevention, behavioral intervention, skills training and emotional support to consumers with substance abuse disorders.
• Screening/intake assessment: analyzes and interprets clinical assessment; assesses consumer’s current environmental influence on continued addiction and assess and incorporate family and community resources that could be beneficial and supportive to recovery.
• Planning and treatment: develops service/treatment plans/PCP, conduct individual and group counseling; develops skills training programs; interacts with consumers and families; teaches independent living skills and provides encouragement and advice on methods for maintaining sobriety and recovery; develops community support; manages at-risk behavior and performs crisis intervention; supervise associate and paraprofessional staff.
• Qualified Professional: offer support services, which involve the process of linking and coordinating components of the service system to ensure that the consumer’s treatment/rehabilitation needs are met; ensures consumer access to services; advocates for consumer rights; ensures least restrictive environment and treatment alternatives; supports consumer/family in achieving rehabilitative goals; monitors medication compliance; provides emergency crisis intervention, and after hours on-call services. 
• Consultation and training: trains associate and paraprofessional in implementing SA-IOP program and treatment plans, and trains in specific intervention, and rehabilitative methods.
• QP Supervision: implement supervision to other SA-IOP associate and paraprofessional staff, review supervision plans to ensure that they are individualized, appropriate for the level of education and experience of staff, review notes, schedules and other supporting documentation that demonstrate on-going supervision. 
• Liaison Staff: Be the liaison staff between SLBC and LME-MCO.     
• Ensure quality service and documentation in accordance with CARF and LME-MCO. Ensure that services provided are clinically sound and documented appropriately and in a timely manner in accordance with the LME-MCO and CARF standards. Documentation includes but not limited to PCP, service notes, NC-TOPPS, Crises’ Incidents, and Discharges etc. Ensure that these documents are updated routinely.
• Assumes any additional responsibilities as agreed upon for the ongoing needs of consumer’s mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse care to ensure a continuum of care
• Service Authorization: Ensure that request for services is submitted in a timely manner, ensuring that service orders are in place prior to service inception. Ensures that no lapses in authorization.
• Supporting the client in the development of various skill building activities, including: daily and community living skills, socialization skills, adaptation skills, and behavior and anger management
• Participating in a first responder on-call system available to consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365 basis; coordinates first response" resources according to consumer need and the PCP