Substance Use Disorder Professional - Chief Seattle Club

SUDP Chief Seattle Club

Work at Evergreen Treatment Services and make a difference in our community!

ETS has been working to transform the lives of individuals and their communities through innovative and effective addiction and social services in Western Washington for over 50 years. Change begins within. We strive to foster and sustain a diverse and inclusive community within our organization. Our Clinic Services and REACH teams bring critical professional expertise and heartfelt compassion to the work they do every day to serve our most vulnerable community members.

This dynamic position plays an important role in helping ETS accomplish our mission!

Job Summary:

• The Treatment in Motion (TIM) Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) Chief Seattle Club (CSC) role is part of the Counseling and Behavioral Health team that supports ETS' mission through assessment, individual and group counseling, case management, community-based outreach and engagement, and overall patient care for patients enrolled in ETS' Treatment in Motion Program.
• This role makes a critical difference at ETS by serving as the primary care team coordinator for their assigned patients, and by connecting individuals to Evergreen Services Mobile Dispensary (TIM) and other community and clinic-based services, through community outreach and engagement.
• This position is embedded within our community partner organization, Chief Seatle Club. In this role the TIM SUDP carries out responsibilities the demonstrate a commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values:
  Providing a sacred space to nurture, affirm, and renew the spirit of urban Native people, maintaining cultural integrity.

What you contribute to this role – Responsibilities:

• Help ETS succeed in carrying out our mission through working together with other staff to transform systems of harm and inequity to create different approaches to improving community health and safety through addressing substance use and homelessness.
• Assist with the organization-wide initiative to reimagine our interconnectedness within our community to overcome the aspects of our society and organizational culture shaped by white supremacy and settler colonialism.
• Consistently implement established agency policies and treatment procedures regarding work with assigned patients.
• Conduct community-based outreach and engagement activities to connect individuals with TIM and other community and clinic-based services.
• Work closely with Reach and other outreach services team members to support individuals seeking MOUD services.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community service providers to facilitate community referrals to TIM.
• Provide community-based SUD services for individuals seeking and participating in MOUD services.
• Provide initial intake, assessment, individual and group counseling, and case management services to assigned patients.
• Consistently maintain professional boundaries with patients and coworkers.
• Perform prompt, accurate completion of progress notations of all interactions with patients in assigned patient files.
• Carry out professional preparation and prompt submission of:
• Initial intake, ASAM assessment, and individual service plan (ISP)
• Conduct ISP reviews that exceed regulatory guidelines
• Responses to positive drug test / breathalyzer results
• Coordinate and schedule patient care teams
• Letters of assistance and referral for assigned patients.
• Closing treatment summaries for discharged patients
• Act consistently to protect the confidentiality of all patients and the integrity of professional staff communication and behavior.
• Adhere to all the confidentiality requirements and guidelines outlined in the 42 CFR, Part 2 federal regulations pertaining to SUD treatment records.
• Serve as a leader or co-leader of therapy or educational groups and provide other treatment activities (such as intake assessments).
• Meet with primary supervisor for the purposes of patient clinical consultation and clinical skill development, and/or other designated supervisor staff for the purposes of reviewing patient documentation and treatment planning issues.
• Coordinate assigned patient treatment with other staff departments…