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Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Vacancy ID: NF0009357

Salary Range: $62,990 - $74,000

Position Summary/Description:

UNC Horizons at Wake seeks a Program Manager to support the clinical and administrative for new projects/services caring for pregnant and parenting women and single women interfacing with the legal system (child welfare/family court, jails, prisons) with a substance use disorder in North Carolina. The position will lead gender-responsive outpatient and reentry services initiatives such as overseeing the transitional housing program and outpatient SUD perinatal programming and lead intake coordinator for the justice-involved state-wide program. The tasks will focus on program management, programmatic reporting, data/evaluation monitoring (intake forms, consent to treatment, monthly treatment plan updates, discharges), and supporting the clinical services (assessments, intakes, leading clinical team minutes, and facilitating intake/admissions in Wake County). This position will also train and supervise project staff and oversee the referral lines to initiate behavioral health services. This position will be responsible for clinical assessments to determine substance use disorder and mental health conditions that align with the DSM -5 manual and ensure treatment plans are delivered promptly.

Likewise, this position will report to the Director of Community Engagement and Integrated Treatment Services to ensure the fidelity of evidence-based SUD services through administrative supervision, direct observation, and training through quality assurance and improvement tasks. Further, this position will engage in community outreach, local and state presentations, and site visits with the Director of Community Engagement and Integrated Treatment Services to various jails and prisons to complete screening, referrals, and intakes. 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. This position requires two clinical licenses ( LCSW , LPA , LMFT , LCMHC , or a provisional license of one of these credentials) and an addiction credential ( CADC , LCAS -A, LCAS ). Also, this position requires experience working with women with a SUD , trauma, violence, legal involvement (child welfare/family court, jails, prisons, etc), and an understanding of working with women and families.

Education and Experience:

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

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

+ 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 biopsyhosical-spiritual 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 diagnose 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 working within an interdisciplinary team and/or training/leading behavioral health professionals ( PSS , QP, case managers, paraprofessionals, etc.)

Essential Skills:

+ Provisional or full clinical license of two licensures ( LCSW , LCAS , LCMHC , LMFT , LCSWA , LCASA , LMFT -A). One must be an addiction license

+ 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

+ Must have a valid driver’s license

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.