Job Description
Join us in our mission to provide hope, promote wellness and empower people who need it the most.
Do you enjoy helping people to achieve their goals and dreams?
Want to work for a company committed to supporting, educating, and empowering people to choose and achieve what is important to them?
Monarch NC, a provider of high-quality and trauma-informed care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders, is seeking a dedicated Substance Use Counselor to join our Assertive Community Treatment team in Gastonia, NC.
***There is a $1,000 sign on bonus for this position!***
As a Substance Use Counselor, you will assist and support the people we serve 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. You will provide individual and group supportive counseling, monitoring of symptoms and medications, linking the individual supported to the appropriate services, agencies and supports in the community, monitoring their development of appropriate behaviors in their home and other community settings, teaching the individual supported skills necessary for independent community living and facilitating them in the practice and transfer of these skills to their environment, providing support to their family. You will also coordinate services with the program, staff, inpatient facilities, and detoxification facilities and establish linkage to residential programs, self-help programs and community resources.
To qualify, candidates must have the following:
*Candidates must be a North Carolina Qualified Professional (please see QP qualifications below) AND have one of the following North Carolina licenses or certifications:
***Associate Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS-A/LCAS)
***Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) (Intern CADC/Certified CADC)
*A Qualified Professional must have one of the following combinations of education and experience (please read carefully):
***Bachelor's degree (non-Human Services) with 4 years Full time OR 8 years Part time applicable experience required, OR
***Bachelor's degree (Human Services) with 2 years Full time OR 4 years Part time applicable experience required, OR
***Master's degree (Human Services) with 1-year Full time OR 2 years Part time applicable experience required.
We understand that in order for our professionals to take good care of our people, we need to take good care of them too. That's why we offer the following benefits:
***Employee Care Fund for Monarch staff facing financial hardship as a result of unforeseen circumstances like a natural disaster, house fire or other emergencies!
***Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
***Paid Time Off, including 10 paid company holidays
***Employee Development Program
***Our company qualifies for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program!
***Employee Retirement Plan
***Employee Referral Program
***Employee Assistance Program
...and much more!
Come join us in our mission to support people with disabilities in growing toward their potential, reaching their dreams, and making their own informed choices about where they live, learn, work, play and worship. We look forward to working with you!
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 23.00 28.00 Per Hour
Job Tags
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