Company Summary

At Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare, Hope is Spoken Here. Our mission is to provide quality, community-based services that prevent and address mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.

We put people first-ensuring every individual is treated with dignity and respect while providing flexible, affordable, and timely services.

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve as a Case Manager, Monday-Friday; day shift.

Position Summary/Responsibilities

The goal at Project LINK is to engage parents in needed services and improve outcomes for newborns and families. Project Link has targeted treatment opportunities specifically for women using substances. They offer trauma-informed treatment, case management, connections to other treatment providers, and specific programming to cut down on barrier to treatment. Project Link case managers will submit for Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) credential supervision and co-facilitate substance abuse disorder (SUD) groups.

PSH Case Manager in Project LINK is responsible for engaging women in individualized services, treatment group psychoeducation, ASAM assessment and discharge planning services along with obtaining stable housing in the PSH program. PSH Case Manager outreach clients through home visits to engage absent clients, assess safety of parent and child, and intervene when clients are in crisis. The parents have emotional and/or substance use disorders and have difficulty accessing supports essential for living in the community and meeting their basic needs. This position is grant funded.

Hiring Range

The anticipated base salary for this position is $43,022.07 to $45,890.21. Actual compensation offered within this range will be determined based on the candidate's experience, education, qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities), geographic location, complexity of role, and other relevant business considerations. We kindly ask that candidates do not discuss compensation until after an offer of employment is extended.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in an acceptable human services field, or a bachelor's degree in another field with at least 90 hours of human services field classwork.
• Experience: Working with individuals with a substance use diagnosis is a plus!
• Licenses/Certifications: Eligible for supervision as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC).
• Background Check: Fingerprints, State and FBI criminal record reports, drug test, and central registry report will be required upon selection.
• Safe Driving Record: This position requires transporting clients or driving agency vehicles. Candidates must have a good driving record, which is defined as no more than two moving violations in the last three years and no criminal moving violations in the last five years.

Special Work Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will often sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, climb and reach above their head. Use of hands for placing and pulling objects. The employee frequently lifts and or carries up to 20 pounds and pushes or pulls up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (computer & paperwork). Specific hearing required by this job includes normal tones. Travel up to 10%. Travel to various apartments in the community for the purpose of monitoring housing needs; Transportation of individuals into the community to ensure informed choice of housing options and obtainment of benefits.

Why work at BRBH?

• CSAC Clinical Supervision and Training: BRBH provides free clinical supervision and support in attaining Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) certification.
• Team atmosphere: Our small team works hard to change lives.
• Work/Life Balance: We have a great Paid Time Off policy - 21 days annually, which starts accruing on your first day, plus 10 paid holidays.
• We offer great benefits, including VRS (Virginia Retirement System)! Click here for more information: https://www.brbh.org/careers/
• Stable Employer: BRBH provides multiple programs and services throughout the Roanoke Valley with over 350 employees working to provide quality care to our clients. We are proud to have served our community for over 50 years. BRBH maintains a drug-free workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. This position is located in Roanoke, VA.

EOE Statement

Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation general identify or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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