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Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Vacancy ID: NF0009323

Salary Range: Dependent Upon Qualifications and Experience

Position Summary/Description:

UNC Horizons at Wake seeks a Project Coordinator to provide overall clinical and administrative support for a time-limited, three-year project focused on pregnant/parenting women and single women with substance use disorder diagnoses leaving incarceration in Raleigh, NC. The position will assist the project team in project planning and design, program implementation, process evaluation, database development, development of project protocols, data collection and data quality oversight, project administration, and reviewing and completing reports. This position will also be responsible for training and supervising project case management staff and overseeing the justice-involved phone line to initiate care coordination. This position will be responsible for clinical assessments to determine substance use disorder and mental health conditions that align with the DSM -5 manual. This individual will also obtain behavioral and physical health information from UNC , NCDAC , local health departments, and other community-based agencies. The person in this position will ensure compliance with all project protocols and regulations and will monitor data collection and project documentation for internal and external audits and quality assurance and improvement efforts. This position requires a clinical license and an understanding of working with women and families impacted by substance use, trauma, and incarceration.

Education and Experience:

Experience working with pregnant, parenting, and single women impacted by substance use, trauma, incarceration. Experience providing trauma and gender-responsive treatment. Experience with project management and staff supervision. Understanding of the medical model of addiction (addiction medicine) and biopsyhosicalspiritual framework of addiction treatment (social work/human services field). Ability to build rapport and relationships with individuals, families, and communities. Experience with the addictive disorder section of the DSM -5, assessing and diagnosis addictive disorders, and the ability to diagnoses mental health conditions or collaborate with medical providers to inform a mental health diagnosis. Experience with understanding consent to treatment or services, data collection, quality assurance, data security, reviewing protocols or programming. Experience in working within an interdisciplinary team and/or training/leading behavioral health professionals ( PSS , QP, case managers, paraprofessionals, etc.)

Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work; or

Master’s degree in counseling in a human services field and one year of social work or counseling; or

Provisional or full clinical license ( LCSW , LCAS , LCMHC , LMFT , LCSWA , LCASA , LMFT -A) preferred.

Essential Skills:

Must have experience related to behavioral health services, preferably substance use disorder

treatment.

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

Must be knowledgeable of the impact of trauma, stigma, substance use, and incarceration among pregnant, parenting, and single women.

Must be able to develop strong partnerships with community agencies.

AA/EEO Statement:

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.