Position: Addiction Management Specialist
Location: Newark, NJ
Reports to: Director of Program Development

Overview:

Responsible for the development and implementation of population and age appropriate, creative approaches to the delivery of drug and alcohol abuse prevention program services to homeless, runaway and at-risk youth up to the age 21 and their families.

Responsibilities:

Performs comprehensive intake and assessment of all prevention program participants. Develops case plan. Conducts individual, group and family interventions. Supervises all community education and information efforts. Trains and coordinates peer counselors and educators. Supervises outreach prevention activities. Supervises all drug treatment or prevention referrals and primary interaction with referral agencies. Conducts staff development and supervision of substance abuse prevention and intervention approaches and techniques. Advocates for youth in need of prevention and treatment services. Promotes drug alcohol awareness throughout the Covenant House community. Documents all pertinent data and information and maintains appropriate records. Assimilates and applies all collected data to evaluate program performance.

Requirements:

Must possess a bachelors’ degree in Social Work, Psychology or a related field and be certified in addictions counseling (CAC, CDC CADC). Two to five years of substance abuse intervention or prevention experience with an adolescent and /or young adult population from racial and ethnic minority and or sexual minorities is preferred. Bi-lingual English/Spanish is preferred. A valid New Jersey Drivers license and an insurable driving record required.

FLSA: Exempt

Salary Grade:6