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Community Support Specialist - Substance Use Treatment
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$25
Full-time
- The Community Support Specialist, Substance Use Treatment provides an array of harm reduction services that meet people where they are in terms of their readiness to make any positive change in their lives.
- The team uses a total team approach model to provide street outreach, including the education and distribution of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, practical assistance and advocacy addressing the barriers that can prevent one from securing permanent and affordable housing, quality health care and medical stabilization, medical insurance and Social Security benefits, competitive employment, and connection with recovery-oriented support.
- As the engagement is solidified, the team provides ongoing community support, including practical assistance giving high-priority goals traction, individual and group substance use counseling, vocational support, crisis intervention, support to family and loved ones, and psycho-social rehabilitation.
- Provides Harm Reduction substance use practices that engages members at their stage of readiness to address any positive change.
- Provides practical assistance helping people build up a foundation for recovery: access to stable and permanent housing, integrated medical, mental health and substance use care, employment and other activities that provide meaning and structure to day-to-day life, and connection with people who support their forward movement in recovery.
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