Are you a curious person interested in learning new skills? Join our team and help empower our individuals and families to reach their full potential through the many services to meet their individualized needs. We provide all the training and tools you need and we offer a rewarding career path with lots of opportunity for advancement in a dynamic and growing field!

We are committed to providing a wide array of services to effectively meet the changing needs within the community. These services include counseling and psychiatry, substance use treatment, mobile and residential crisis stabilization, intensive in-home, community support teams, peer support and group homes.

ACS is seeing a full-time Associate Professional to service clients in the Murphy, NC area.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities required by the population served. Competence shall be demonstrated by exhibiting core skills including: technical knowledge; cultural awareness; analytical skills; decision-making skills; interpersonal skills; communication skills; supervision skills; and clinical skills.
• Participate in the initial development, implementation, and ongoing revision of the Treatment Plan or Person-Centered Treatment Plan.
• Assist with the development of relapse prevention and/or disease management strategies.
• Provide psycho-education, as indicated in the Treatment Plan or Person-Centered Plan.
• Provide behavioral and/or substance abuse treatment interventions, as indicated in the Treatment Plan or Person-Centered Plan.
• Assist with crisis interventions.
• Communicate the consumer’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions to the Team Leader, as outlined in the Person Centered Plan.
• Regularly seek consultation from appropriate supervisory staff, provide detailed information regarding significant issues affecting consumers, and accept and implement feedback.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Basic Job Specifications/Pre-employment Requirements:

• Must have, or acquire during orientation period, knowledge and understanding of privacy ensuring procedures.
• Must have certification, or attain certification during orientation period, for First Aid, CPR, restrictive airways remediation and Blood-borne Pathogens.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and regular access to a reliable motor vehicle with appropriate insurance coverage.

Prior Experience and Other Preferences:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must not have any substantiated findings of abuse or neglect with the North Carolina Health Care Personal Registry.
• Must divulge any criminal convictions and submit to a criminal background check.
• Preferably have experience working in a team setting.
• Must have the ability to relate positively to children and adults of all ages, races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and abilities.
• Preferably have past work experience in social services, education, or a related field.

Educational Requirements:

Graduate of a college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in a human service field with less than one year of full time, post-graduate accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served or a substance abuse professional with less than one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling OR

• Graduate of a college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in a human service field with less than two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with less than two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services with less than four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with less than four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing with less than four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SA with the population served

Appalachian Community Services (ACS) provides mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual/developmental disability services to individuals and families within the seven western counties of North Carolina. Our mission is to promote the emotional and physical well-being of consumers in a safe and respectful environment.

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