We offer a $5,000 sign on bonus for this position!

Job Location: Morganton

Position Type: Full time

A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well-established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina.

To learn more about us, visit our website at www.caringalternative.com.

Why apply at A Caring Alternative?

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  We celebrate diversity, so bring YOU! We want you to be proud and comfortable to bring your true self and we strive to enhance the value of our work through respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.

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  Competitive Payrates! We offer a competitive rate of pay. Work related mileage is paid tax free.

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  Pride in Your Work! You can join an organization that seeks to set the standard for quality support services for people with mental illness. We hope you will find satisfaction and take pride in your work here.

• Strong Core Values! Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care.

• Grow! Our strong core values include promotion and position changes for your career development.

• Flexibility! We work in a team environment and promote flexibility.

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  Training! Solid training is provided & paid by the company.

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  Benefits! We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees.

• 401(k) & Roth retirement plan
• 401(k) matching
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Short term & long-term insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Summary:

The Peer Support/Individual Support Team Lead is responsible for overseeing a set team and caseload to achieve appropriate productivity while providing services to A Caring Alternative consumers.

Job Duties Include:

• Provide consultation to team members to assist in understanding of recovery and the role of Peer Support Specialists, promote a culture in which individuals points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected
• Provide monthly calendar and manage schedule with any needed changes to group schedule
• Keep record of and facilitate as needed, the monthly treatment team meetings with clients and needed participants
• Ensure all consents, statements of service agreement, and provider choice forms are up to date and reflect needed information
• Collect information and signatures for Person Centered Plan updates
• Provide monthly individual supervision to the team members and submits documentation
• Complete weekly meeting staff minutes

Education and Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Psychology, Social Work or closely related Human Services area
• NC Certified Peer Support Specialist
• Must have two (2) years of adult behavioral health experience working with individuals with mental health or substance use disorders and have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served

Resume must include degree earned (major & minor), graduation month & year, relevant employment dates including month and year, and populations served.

A Caring Alternative, LLC is a CARF accredited service provider with facilities in Asheville, Hickory, Marion, and Morganton, NC. A Caring Alternative, LLC is CABHA certified and a Trauma Informed Agency. We provide an array of services to Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell, Iredell, McDowell, and Mitchell counties which consist of Assertive Community Treatment Team, Community Support Team, Day Treatment, Integrated Care, Intensive In-Home, Medication Management, Outpatient Therapy, and Therapeutic Foster Care.

We are an equal opportunity employer.