We are looking for a BHT Outreach Worker to join our team! This role will provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment, linkage to resources, and related recovery support to adults within the jail and justice system. The BHT OutreachWorker will focus on identifying, assessing, and treating individual’s needs to connect individuals with appropriate services. Staff will conduct clinical assessments and screenings to determine the presence of mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders, and develop personalized, medically necessary service plans for each individual enrolled in the program. This position will provide follow-up care for individuals participating in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs. The Specialist will be responsible for outreach, intake, and ongoing support services, and will serve as a liaison between the program and other community agencies, specifically within the jail and justice population. The BHT Outreach Worker will report directly to the Project Director.
Shift:
- Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors or master’s degree, no experience necessary or
- Bachelor’s degree in a non-behavioral health related field plus one (1) year experience providing behavioral health services or
- Associate degree plus two (2) years behavioral health work experience or
- High School Diploma or GED plus four (4) years of behavioral health work experience.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age (automobile insurance requirement) and possess a valid AZ driver’s license with a clean or acceptable driving record.
- At time of job offer, submission of 36 month (three year) driving record from DMV will be required. These standards must be maintained throughout employment and up-to-date driving records are reviewed regularly for current employees.
- Applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
- Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card
This is a Safety Sensitive Position. Pursuant to the AZ Drug Testing of Employees Act ARS 23-493, COPE Community Services, Inc. has determined this is a safety sensitive position. Because this is a safety sensitive position and in accordance with its Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace policy, COPE reserves the right to exclude or remove a person from this position if COPE believes in good faith that the employee's current use of any drug, legal, prescribed by a physician or otherwise (for example, medical marijuana), if the drug could cause an impairment or otherwise decrease or lessen the employee's job performance or ability to perform the job duties. Employees are obligated to inform COPE of any current drug use that could impair or otherwise decrease or lessen the employee's job performance or ability to perform the job duties.
COPE Community Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or in any other term, condition, or privilege of employment with regards to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, or any status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants and employees be given equal opportunity and that hiring and other employment-related decisions are based on job-related factors.
Thank you for considering COPE as an employer!
