09/12/2025
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Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team Co-Occurring Disorders Counselor
Archway Station, Inc. located in Cumberland, Allegany County, and Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland is a non-profit agency employing 150+ employees and serving the needs of individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorders.
The ACT team shares the responsibility to carry out the activities designed to assure ACT mission success on and off-site, in groups, and one-to-one contacts, in formal as well as informal situations. The ACT team has the primary responsibility for all members' treatment plans, shared responsibility for the ACT caseload, and shared responsibility to work out schedules, coverage, preparation, and implementation of all activities through a commitment to consensus building and teamwork. Rotating on-call coverage is required.
Qualifications & other important information:
• Personal stability, flexibility, and commitment to working with people recovering from chronic and persistent mental illness.
• Bachelor's degree in the Human Services field and/or four (4) years of experience working with people recovering from severe mental illness and substance use is preferred.
• Experience in substance use counseling is required.
• Be a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) or be willing to achieve CPRP certification within one year of employment (training provided by the agency after a probationary period).
• Be CPR and First Aid certified or be willing to be certified (training provided by the agency).
• Must have a driver's license, a safe driving record, and reliable transportation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in the use of electronic medical records and the ability to input data, and to follow through to completion of services.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA law, CARF accreditation standards, Maryland State Regulations, and other regulatory bodies.
• Assume responsibility for a caseload, generate member assessments, develop individual treatment plans, and document progress towards achieving goals; other related documentation requirements.
• Carry out assignments to fulfill the ACT mission of providing sanctuary and support to members in the community, including but not limited to: providing specialty expertise to the ACT team in substance use; regular mobile visits to people in the community; face-to-face and telephone contacts in accordance with the ACT Team's schedule. In coordination with other team specialists in areas including but not limited to: housing assignments to teach independent living skills in the areas of shelter, food, clothing, medications, money, and ADLs; assisting members to find and maintain housing; job placement and employment counseling; training in accessing community resources, transportation; positive role modeling; teaching basic standards of cleanliness and safety; member assessment and crisis interventions.
• Participate in agency employee meetings and daily ACT team meetings.
• Take part in a rotation of on-call for the ACT caseload evenings and weekends as scheduled.
• Ensure that all programmatic and physical environment issues are in accordance with agency policies and administrative regulations as appropriate.
• Assist in the coordination of services received from other community agencies.
• Other duties as assigned by the ACT Team Coordinator.
Authority: Position reports to and is supervised by the ACT Team Coordinator.
Job Type: Full-time
Classification, Salary, and Benefits: Full time, non-exempt. Grade 6b on salary schedule - $48,880 - $60,913, plus applicable education credentialing.
If you qualify and are interested in this position, please submit your resume to tina.thomas@archwaystation.net. We will review resumes as they are received. For the best chance for an interview, please respond immediately.
Archway Station, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages people in recovery to apply.
