Job Purpose/Summary

The ACTT Dual Disorder Specialist II supports the agency’s mission statement in assisting consumers to resolve problems and improve functioning, as well as contributes to the agency’s capacity to serve individual, family, and community needs. The incumbent must have certification as an addiction’s counselor or as a co-occurring disorders professional by a statewide certification body in PA (i.e., CADC, CAADC, CCDP, or CCDPD), which is a member of a National Certification Body (NCAC-1, NCAC-II, MAC) or certified by another state government’s certification board. The staff member must be willing to become fully certified within 6 months of hire.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or addiction counseling. Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC)(PA) with 2 years of related experience or someone with a bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or human services with related drug and alcohol experience who is willing to achieve certification within 6 months of hire.

Experience:

• Less than 1 year of related experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of post-graduate clinical experience and/or licensure is preferred (may be required in some programs).

Licenses, Certifications & Clearances: 

• Clinical license preferred
• Act 33/34 Clearances
• FBI Clearance
• Valid State of PA Class 1 Drivers License
• Access to properly insured motor vehicle for client transportation and fieldwork and a safe driving record

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Exhibits ethical business behavior and maintains confidentiality of information and compliance as required by WFS policy.
• Ability to exhibit cultural sensitivity and to contribute to a work environment where diversity is welcomed and supported.
• Commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
• Commitment to valuing a nurturing family as the ideal environment.
• Conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served, and their families, to help them gain skills and confidence.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other personnel and/or service providers or professionals.
• Capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately to meet service goals.
• Ability to set appropriate limits.
• Basic knowledge of normal and abnormal personality development, as well as of family systems and interactions.
• Ability to plan time sensitive, goal-directed treatment and to carry out treatment using individual, joint, marital, and group modalities.
• Basic knowledge of treatment processes appropriate to a wide variety of diagnostic categories and ages.
• Basic ability to evaluate treatment progress and request help when needed, relate non-defensively in supervision, and use suggestions appropriately.
• Ability to manage time and assigned responsibilities to meet the production requirements of the agency.
• Knowledge of education and intervention strategies related to both mental illness and substance abuse.
• Knowledge of the basics of addiction, drinking/drug histories, recovery subcultures, family dynamics, mental health diagnosis and issues, disease concept of chemical dependency, drug and alcohol issues, interaction of addiction and mental illness, and behavioral difficulties due to dual diagnosis, co-dependency, and intervention strategies.
• Knowledge of psychotropic medication, motivational interviewing, harm reduction (MISA model), BDAP confidentiality regulations, drug subcultures, and interventions.
• Ability to engage consumers.
• Ability to understand developmental cognitive levels of each consumer.
• Ability to educate persons served about anger management as part of the recovery process.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate boundaries with MISA consumers.
• Ability to time intervention and education to link the consumer to treatment.
• Ability to collaborate with other programs within the agency.
• Ability to help move consumers forward in recovery while maintaining their autonomy.
• Ability to connect consumers with social supports (e.g., Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, and DRA meetings) in cooperation with peer support.
• Ability to include families in the recovery process.
• Ability to discern and flow with the fluctuating nature of dual diagnosis and provide competent and appropriate intervention and education.
• Knowledge of PA Client Placement Criteria (PCPC) and the willingness to be trained in this area for the pursuit of proper placement, if the need for rehab or detox is required.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides integrated, stage-wise treatment (IDDT) as the lead clinician for assessing, planning, and treating substance use disorders.
  • The most effective assessment and treatment approaches employ an integrated treatment model, in which mental health and substance abuse treatment are provided simultaneously
• Conducts a systematic and integrated screening and assessment within 6 weeks of a client’s admission to the program.
• Utilizes interventions that are tailored to those in early stages of change readiness (e.g., outreach, motivational interviewing, etc.).
• Additionally, performs the following functions within the team:
  • Modeling skills and individual consultation
  • Cross-training other staff to help them identify substance use issues, monitor progress in treatment, and provide stage-wise treatment for dual disorders
  • Attending all daily organizational staff meetings
  • Attending all treatment planning meetings for consumers with dual disorders

$10,000 HIRING BONUS paid in installments: $5,000 after 6 months and $5,000 after 1 year!!

Documentation for 3,000 hours of supervision for work with drug and alcohol clients (equals 3 years of full-time experience) required!!

*Meeting with consumers in community settings*

*Agency cars provided for any consumer transport*

On-call: $265/week with additional call out pay!! Opportunity for additional bonus available!!

Education: Master’s degree and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC)(PA) with 2 years of related experience or bachelor’s degree with related drug and alcohol experience who is willing to achieve certification within 6 months of hire

*Will consider applicants willing to obtain CADC within 6 months of employment at the expense of Wesley Family Services*

Experience: Less than 1 year of related experience. Minimum of 2 years of post-graduate clinical experience and/or licensure preferred

Pay: $44,000 – $46,000 per year

Greensburg, PA

Benefits for Full Time Employees:

Medical, Dental, and Visions plans effective the 1st of month after 30 days
Flexible Work Schedule
15 paid days off 1st year, 20 Paid days off 2nd year, then continues to increase
Tuition Reimbursement
Discounted Tuition for several local colleges/universities
11 Paid Holidays
Pet Insurance
Employer Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
401k Plan – Employer match available!
Employer paid life insurance
Critical Illness Diagnosis & Accident Insurance
Yearly performance reviews with merit increase eligibility
FREE Licensure Supervision!!