Substance Use Specialist; CASAC

Substance Use Specialist (CASAC)

Hourly Full-Time (Benefits Eligible) – 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, US

Salary: $61,800.00 annually

Shift

Hours:

Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Location Address: 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility:
Flexible – one community outreach day per week. Employee may work from home after outreach or training to complete notes and/or due diligence.

CASES is seeking a Substance Use Specialist to join The Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Brooklyn Team. The role provides intensive, community-based clinical support to adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders, particularly those with involvement in the criminal legal system. The specialist delivers person-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented services through a multidisciplinary team approach to help clients achieve stability, housing, employment, and improved functioning in the community.

• Provide at least 80% of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
• Complete documentation required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines, and CASES ACT Policy and Procedures.
• Identify appropriate treatment services based on severity of substance use diagnosis, stages of change, immediate needs, and generate treatment plans using a person-centered approach.
• Collaborate with clients’ support networks and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management to promote recovery and stability in the community.
• Use motivational interviewing, recovery and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services.
• Provide clinical services that are anti‑racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
• Complete required toxicology tests and documentation for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) orders.
• Provide 24‑hour crisis intervention on‑call services on a rotating basis.
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

• Bachelor’s degree and completion of CASAC training.
• Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Experience with evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use and mental illness.
• Team player, highly organized, and self‑motivated.
• Proficient in computers.

• Experience working with individuals involved in the criminal legal system.
• Fluency in Spanish.
• Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage.
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days.
• 12 paid holidays per year.
• Retirement 403(b) with competitive matching up to 6%.
• Employee Referral Program.

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital, military, or citizenship status. CASES also actively recruits individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.