The Qualified Mental Health Professional plays an important role within the Freedom House Recovery Center team, supporting the organization's mission to deliver high-quality behavioral health care across our multi-county service area. Reporting to the Program Manager, this position is responsible for providing assessment, person-centered treatment planning, counseling, and case coordination for an assigned caseload of Freedom House clients, and working closely with colleagues across the organization to ensure consistent, dependable service to the individuals and families we serve.

• Provide assessments, person-centered planning, authorization for services, and immediate interventions.

• Ensure the provision of services needed by individuals in the most appropriate environment of the consumer’s choice.

• Provide screening, interviews, and assessments in a professional and engaging manner, including the required information, organizing it for key personnel to suggest the level of care for each client assigned, and clearly presenting the information to the treatment team. Completes the required written documentation at the time of the service.

• For each client assigned, provide an orientation that outlines a goal statement, explains and schedules services, and clarifies the following: confidentiality, client rights, consents for services, and financial requirements.

• Provide Person-Centered Planning/treatment planning by preparing the initial diagnosis; describing strengths, preferences, and needs; and identifying treatment goals and strategies for each client assigned. Complete and document the treatment/service plan by the time the client enters the service.

• For each client assigned, update the service plan for Person Centered Plan at established target dates

• Establish a therapeutic counseling relationship with each client assigned; facilitate individual, group, and family counseling.

• Provide case support by identifying additional services needed for client care, coordinating and collaborating with relevant services, preparing and discussing discharge plan with each client assigned.

• Identify elements of client crisis, respond to client needs to ensure their safety, and integrate crisis experience into the treatment process for each client assigned.

• Provide client education by conducting alcohol and other drug education classes and conducting HIV/AIDS classes as assigned.

• For each client assigned, identify appropriate referral resources, coordinate services with referral resources, and assist the client with utilizing referral resources.

• Document progress notes for clients assigned within one working day of service, comply with information guidelines and signature requirements, maintain chart organization, and file in a timely manner.

• Comply with the goals and objectives of the supervision contract.

• Pursue staff development opportunities to meet privileging and credentialing requirements, expand skills, and to obtain licensure or certification within 3 years of date of hire or to maintain certification or licensure.

• Regularly attend division team meetings. For clients assigned, provide appropriate and relevant information regarding client care to the treatment team.

• Willingly participate in the collection of urine samples as requested.

• Use the results of urine tests appropriately and as a therapeutic tool to determine the client’s progress in treatment.

• Demonstrates a willingness to provide clinic coverage as needed.

• Attends in-services, staff meetings, and other staff functions as required by the Supervisor.

• Maintains a schedule approved by the Supervisor.

• Is reliable in work attendance and follows Freedom House procedures when requesting planned or unplanned leave.

• A graduate of a college or university accredited by the Association of Colleges and Schools with a master’s degree in a human service field with at least one year of full-time, post graduate degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with at least one year of full-time, post graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; Or,

• A bachelor's degree in a human services field with at least two years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; Or,

• A bachelor's degree in a field other than human services with four years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with four years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; Or,

• Hold a license, provisional license, certificate, registration, or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in mh/dd/sa with the population served.

Freedom House Recovery Center, Inc., is a comprehensive behavioral health provider trusted to serve the community for over 45 years. We provide a full continuum of care, including crisis, residential, outpatient, and community-based services, to individuals and families across multiple counties in central North Carolina.

Our team is united by a shared commitment to recovery, dignity, and community impact. Employees here work alongside colleagues who bring both professional expertise and genuine compassion to their work, and see the direct, tangible difference their role makes in the people we serve. Like most behavioral health organizations, our work is demanding: our staff carry real responsibility, and no two days look the same. What makes Freedom House a great place to work is the mission, the close-knit teams, and the chance to build a career with real purpose behind it.