Case Manager Outpatient SUD

Background

Roots Through Recovery is a trauma-focused outpatient treatment center for adults and adolescents in Long Beach, CA. We have proudly served the Long Beach community since 2016.

We offer dedicated morning and afternoon tracks for primary mental health, primary substance abuse and chronic pain, provided by an experienced and compassionate clinical team of physicians, clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, drug and alcohol counselors and integrated wellness practitioners.

Our program integrates EMDR, mindfulness, and other cognitive, process, experiential, and expressive therapies, to address the mind, body and spirit. The goal of this approach is to address unresolved trauma, expose our clients to a variety of tools, and help them to develop the skills needed to live a healthy, productive and fulfilling life in recovery. Roots also provides all of our clients with weekly case management, weekly family therapy, as well as monthly family intensive weekends.

We are seeking a Case Manager to join our growing team!

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Direct work with clients and families working to manage and/or overcome substance abuse and co-occurring issues
• Utilize assessments and self-assessments to map out client wellness and recovery plan and serve as an accountability partner and coach
• Hold clear boundaries and communicated directly and effectively with clients and their families regarding the change and growth process
• Develop strong, healthy relationships with clients in order to support and challenge them to do the tough work of changing and thriving
• Teach and model hard and soft life skills
• Maintain fluency in supportive community resources and develop strong working relationships with community treatment and clinical service providers
• Exhibit high levels of self-awareness by continually assessing performance, identifying challenges and needs, and developing areas of opportunities
• Maintain complete and accurate records
• Model a growth mentality and be doing your own growth work in parallel with the client’s and family’s work
• Contribute to the mission and vision of the company
  
  
  

Qualifications Required:

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or Equivalent is required for consideration.
• Minimum 2 years Case Management experience working in the drug and alcohol treatment and/or mental health treatment industry.
• Experience working with both private insurance and Drug Medi-Cal a plus.
• Knowledge of and fluency in the use of recovery tools, recovery resources, insight into motivation and behavior, understanding of the role of coaching as a change agent.
• Certified as a Drug and Alcohol Counselor or a degree in Social Work.
• Bilingual candidates will be highly considered.
• Case Management experience PLUS coaching and leadership experience a significant plus.
• The ideal candidate is self-motivated, coachable, trustworthy, ethical and works well both as a team member and independently.
  
  
  

Competencies Desired:

• Expertise in these areas; addiction recovery, relapse prevention, community resources, legal issues, workforce development and coaching.
• Understands how to navigate and roll with resistance and deploy techniques to enhance motivation to change.
• Experience in compassionate crisis intervention, and ability to de-escalate clients.
• Ability to serve as a role model, positive mentor and support person.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Self-directed, proactive, intelligent, knowledge of curriculum and assessment, multi-tasker, problem solving skills, professional written and verbal communication skills, ability to connect with students with patience and compassion.
• Ability to manage stress, and self-regulate during chaos and crisis, consistently positive attitude, strong teamwork, passionate, genuine, organized, internally motivated, service orientation, ability to reserve judgment and respond with curiosity and compassion.
  
  
  

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible
  
  
  

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
• People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
  
  
  

Pay Frequency:

• Bi weekly or Twice monthly
  
  
  

This Job Is:

• A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
• A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
• A job for which all ages, including older job seekers, are encouraged to apply
• A job for which people with disabilities are encouraged to apply
  
  
  

Work Remotely

• No