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Coastal Horizons · 1 month ago

Assistant Program Director – Integrated MH/SUD Services

Wilmington, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $70K/yr

4+ years exp

Coastal Horizons is seeking a dedicated Assistant Program Director to oversee their psychosocial rehabilitation program, designed to support adults living with severe mental illness. The role involves collaborating with outpatient treatment teams and managing staff to provide comprehensive care to individuals with complex substance use and behavioral health issues.

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Responsibilities

Supports the Program Director for effective administration, work efficiency, program performance and provides a full range of substance abuse and clinical work services for clients with complicated substance use and co-occurring disorders

Provides independent diagnostic, psycho-social 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 Psychosocial Rehabilitation program including managing staff and client needs

Collaborates and continues partnerships with key stakeholders to support program delivery and growth

Provides clinical leadership and direction under support of Program Director to ensure productivity of staff through managing schedules, providing training to increase efficiency, and managing outcomes

Supervises graduate interns through orienting to the organization, assisting interns in developing and achieving learning objectives, offering feedback on a regular basis, completing paperwork and on-boarding processes, and ensuring ethical and competent practice

Partners with 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 to determine benefit to program goals

Provides a full range of behavioral health services – including independent diagnostic and psychosocial evaluation; individual, group and family counseling which focuses on complicated behavioral health and substance use issues; treatment and person-centered planning; crisis intervention; case management to arrange, link, or integrate multiple services for SUD/MH clients as well as assessment and reassessment of the client’s need for services; client education; and record keeping

Establishes and maintains community relationships with community 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 Psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR), managing needs of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness

The counseling methods are best characterized as individual and group utilizing reality, cognitive-behavioral, family, and supportive modalities. It is individualized depending on the needs of the clients

In providing counseling services, the employees may deal with a variety of collateral issues such as finances, medical, vocational, health, and behavior

Provide information to and confer with schools, employers, and families on treatment plans, behavior management, and other problems and needs

Work with emergency referrals, conduct community educational workshops, provide professional services to referrals from the judicial system and statewide institutions

Qualification

Master's degree in human servicesFull licensure as Psychological AssociateBehavioral health assessmentClinical Addictions Specialist licensureManagement of clinical staffCrisis interventionCommunity resource knowledgePsycho-social evaluationEffective communicationTeam collaboration

Required

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

Experience with working with individuals with diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and/or providing support to clinicians working with SPMI

Experience with management/leadership of clinical staff