Clinician - Supervisor for CST Mental Health Services

Job Description

Job Description

Job Location: Forest City, NC and surrounding areas

Position Type: Full time supervisory position

Licensure/Certification Requirements: LPA, LCSW, LCSWA, LCMHC, LCMHCA LMFT, LMFTA

Experience Required: 1 year of professional adult MH work experience.

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

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. The agency was founded on the belief that when people truly care and are willing to go the extra mile, we will not only improve lives, but we will also create success in the lives of the people we support.

To learn more about us, visit our website at

Why apply at A Caring Alternative?

• 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.
• Competitive Payrates!  We offer a competitive rate of pay. Work related mileage is paid tax free.
• Free Clinical Supervision! If you are provisionally licensed, our company pays for this benefit directly to our clinical supervisor in the amount of $360 per month/$4,320 per year. Clinical supervision is provided by clinicians within our agency who will allow you to acquire new skills and grow in your ability to provide quality services during your employment with our company.
• Be a Team Member! As a member of our team, we are dedicated to promoting your talents, skillset, and energies to improve the environment and quality for those we serve. We are in the business of caring and committed to building an organization where our team can grow together by helping others. 
• Strong Core Values!  Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care.
• Flexibility!  We work in a team environment and promote flexibility. One of our core values is that our employees have a healthy work-life balance.
• Training!  Solid training is provided & paid for by the company. Free CPR, First Aid and NPI training. CEUs are available and external training is also paid for by company.

This service consists of community-based mental health and substance use services, and structured rehabilitative interventions intended to increase and restore an individual’s ability to live successfully in the community. The team approach involves structured, face-to-face therapeutic interventions that assist in reestablishing the individual’s community roles related to the following life domains: emotional, behavioral, social, safety, housing, medical and health, educational, vocational, and legal.

Job Duties include :

• Supervise CST team members to assure the delivery of best and ethical practices.
• Directs the day-to-day operations of the CST team including scheduling staff work hours to assure appropriate coverage.
• Provides individual therapy for individuals served by the team.
• Behavioral interventions such as modeling, behavior modification, behavior rehearsal.

Basic Requirements:

• Ability to perform tasks on the computer including working with Microsoft 360, Excel, Word and other basic programs.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance coverage and reliable transportation.
• Pass criminal background check and other regulatory checks.
• Provide proof of your education.

• Education and Experience Required:  
• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Clinical Counseling, or related field.
• Must be an Associate Licensed Professional (provisionally licensed).
• 1 year of professional adult MH work experience.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office- MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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

• 401(k) & Roth retirement plans.
• 401(k) & Roth company matching.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Direct Deposit.
• Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year, plus 16 hrs sick time.
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance after 60 days.
• Company paid Life Insurance.
• Short term & long-term insurance.
• Free Employee Assistance Program for financial, emotional & legal help.

A Caring Alternative, LLC is a CARF accredited service provider with facilities in Asheville, Hickory, Marion, Statesville, Forest City 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.