BHT Outreach Worker

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Description

We are looking for a BHT Outreach Worker to join our team! This role will provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment, linkage to resources, and related recovery support to adults within the jail and justice system.

The BHT OutreachWorker will focus on identifying, assessing, and treating individual’s needs to connect individuals with appropriate services.

Staff will conduct clinical assessments and screenings to determine the presence of mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders, and develop personalized, medically necessary service plans for each individual enrolled in the program.

This position will provide follow-up care for individuals participating in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs.

The Specialist will be responsible for outreach, intake, and ongoing support services, and will serve as a liaison between the program and other community agencies, specifically within the jail and justice population.

The BHT Outreach Worker will report directly to the Project Director.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelors or master’s degree, no experience necessary or
• Associate degree plus two (2) years behavioral health work experience or
• High School Diploma or GED plus Peer Support Specialist certification plus three (3) years of behavioral health work experience or
• High School Diploma or GED plus four (4) years of behavioral health work experience.

Additional Requirements :

• Must be 21 years of age (automobile insurance requirement) and possess a valid AZ driver’s license with a clean or acceptable driving record.
• At time of job offer, submission of 36 month (three year) driving record from DMV will be required. These standards must be maintained throughout employment and up-to-date driving records are reviewed regularly for current employees.
• Applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background.
• Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card
• Ability to maintain Jail Clearance

Care and Treatment : Provide client care in a manner that protects client rights recognizes and respects cultural differences and promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, abilities, privacy and choice.

• Perform outreach and engagement to target population, coordinate with outside service providers, and entities.
• Assist with the administration of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) survey in accordance with SAMHSA grant requirements.
• Provide substance abuse education and treatment support (group and individual) to the adults participating in opiate addiction and MOUD treatment services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staffing for clients with other team members as appropriate.
• Provide intake and ongoing assessment of individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues.
• Interface as needed with peers and other clinical team members to coordinate client services.
• With client’s consent, collaborate with other community resources, referral agencies, and outside agencies to facilitate needed services for clients.
• Maintain regular contact with each client’s treatment team, providing written reports as required.
• Participate in the evaluation activities for the project.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with diverse populations with sensitivity, understanding, and empathy

This is a Safety Sensitive Position. Pursuant to the AZ Drug Testing of Employees Act ARS 23-493, COPE Community Services, Inc.

has determined this is a safety sensitive position. Because this is a safety sensitive position and in accordance with its Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace policy, COPE reserves the right to exclude or remove a person from this position if COPE believes in good faith that the employee's current use of any drug, legal, prescribed by a physician or otherwise (for example, medical marijuana), if the drug could cause an impairment or otherwise decrease or lessen the employee's job performance or ability to perform the job duties.

Employees are obligated to inform COPE of any current drug use that could impair or otherwise decrease or lessen the employee's job performance or ability to perform the job duties.

COPE Community Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer . We do not discriminate in hiring or in any other term, condition, or privilege of employment with regards to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, or any status protected by law or regulation.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants and employees be given equal opportunity and that hiring and other employment-related decisions are based on job-related factors.

Thank you for considering COPE as an employer!