Social Work Practitioner - Journey

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary

UNC Horizons RISE Program seeks a Community-Based Justice & Recovery Clinician to provide trauma-informed behavioral health interventions for pregnant, parenting, and single women with substance use and trauma histories, involved in the justice-system in Chatham, Orange, and surrounding counties.
This position serves as the primary point of contact for justice-involved agencies across Chatham and Orange County and surrounding counties ensuring timely access to substance use disorder screening, assessment, and intervention services. As a core member of the interdisciplinary team, the therapist functions as the lead clinician to initiate community-based SUD and justice-involved comprehensive group programming for women and children with justice-involved histories and care coordination. The responsibilities include ensuring that women meet the ASAM risk rating of residential, SACOT, and SAIOP services, completing the necessary intake to initiate SACOT and/or IOP services, and providing evidence-based SUD and trauma care among women with child welfare and recovery court involvement.
This role requires close collaboration with child welfare agencies, community-based SUD organizations, and Recovery Courts in NC. Must have a valid driver’s license. This is a time-limited position with an expected duration of two (2) years.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board.

Management Preferences

• Experience in facilitating comprehensive clinical assessments to diagnose substance use and mental health diagnoses
• Skilled in working in high-risk and in clinical crises situations
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office