Substance Use Disorder Professional - Seattle Tiny House Villages
Company: Lifelong Aids Alliance
Location: Seattle
Posted on: January 13, 2021
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Job Description:
Building on our longstanding commitment to those living with
HIV, Lifelong ensures that vulnerable and marginalized people
thrive by eliminating barriers to health and wellness. The
empowerment of people leaving homelessness to be successful in
achieving overall well-being and quality of life through housing
stabilization and long-term permanent housing opportunities has
always been the mission of our housing programs.The Substance Use
Disorder (SUD) Professional works cooperatively with the client,
the Tiny House Village (THV) staff & as well as any community
support partners. The goal is to engage clients in conversations
addressing their substance use and identifying the impact it may
have on their potential housing options. The SUD Professional will
work to provide resources for support and services for their
substance use but also for other areas that have contributed to the
clients use. Many of the clients not only struggle with SUD, but
also Mental Health, Physical health, Trauma abuse histories. SUD is
often the way that many client's self-medicate to address these
issues.The vast majority of these clients have had many years of
trying to access help for the multiple issues they are dealing with
daily, only to be shuffled from one agency to another; finally just
giving up and surviving the best way they can. The SUD Professional
will work alongside the other Lifelong (LL) staff to assure clients
that their basic needs will be met, they are safe, and that LL will
work with them to find a permanent housing placement for their
future.Your responsibilities will include:Communication - Maintain
effective, timely, and thorough communication in all directions to
ensure Co-workers, Community Partners, Clients, and Housing and
Agency Management are well-informed and knowledgeable of the status
of the clients' ability and desire to address and potentially
motivate towards change in the process towards permanent
housing.Quality Assurance - Work with clients and village staff to
respond to complaints, inquiries, and questions. Maintain secure
and confidential client information. Participate and maintain
initiatives developed and implemented by the Quality Assurance
Department.Technical knowledge - To educate and train in areas
suggested and requested to increase knowledge and working
experience in assisting clients from diverse backgrounds, with
disabilities on substance use disorders for all staff and clients
associated with the Tiny House Villages. To utilize expertise in
SUD's inform funders and supporters the complexities of working
with clients with SUD's and its significance clients overall health
and well-being.Client Services-Ensure the highest quality of client
services in a culturally appropriate manner by maintaining quality
and customer service standards and expectations. To hold to the
Harm Reduction principles when engaging with clients; addressing
their SUD.Client advocacy - To exercise knowledge and experience in
serving as a client advocate for an individual who currently shows
signs of, self-reports to or whose referral report indicates SUD.
Supporting the client in an empathic and non-judgmental framework
to engagement and potential motivation to ongoing services, support
and resource referrals.* Licensed by the state of Washington as
Substance Use Disorder Professional (other licensures would be
considered).* Minimum 2 years' experience working with adults
experiencing homelessness, SUD, and severe mental illness
preferred.* Experience in working with clients who are difficult to
engage and have a history treatment resistance* Bicultural and/or
bilingual background desired.Physical Requirements:Prolonged
periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.Must be able
to lift up to 15 pounds at times.Work environment:The physical
environment is inside the Tiny House village compound. Office space
is a Tiny House. This requires the employee to be minimally exposed
to the outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, dry/arid conditions.
Although other staff can be on site, it can be isolating at times.
This requires the staff to be comfortable in being self-motivated.
It is an environment where there are many clients are practicing
self-harming behaviors, active addition, DV and inappropriate
engagement with others.Candidates for employment at Lifelong should
be aware that this is a unique work environment in which topics of
sexuality and sexual orientation are an integral part of our
everyday prevention and care work and are often discussed openly.
Individuals who are uncomfortable with such topics, discussions and
the occasional related graphic representations may choose not to
work at Lifelong.Lifelong is committed to creating a diverse
environment and is proud to be an equal opportunityemployer.
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