Job Summary
Lummi Counseling Services has expanded its program to provide Mental Health-Substance Use Disorder (MH-SUD) support by opening a 24/7 Secure Withdrawal Detoxification center. The Certified Community Behavioral Health-Expansion (CCBHC-E) is a grant given to support “increased access to improve the quality of community MH-SUD treatment services”. The Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) will provide services to the 24/7 Secure Withdrawal Detoxification clients & to Level 1 Outpatient/Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient persons. Individual services functions performed by SUDP include screening for eligibility, intake to programs, orientation to program goals and rules, client assessments, group counseling, crisis intervention, client education, referrals, report, and record keeping, consultation with other professionals regarding client treatment services, and ADIS. The SUDP will work closely with the courts, with Drug Court participants, and with Whatcom County Jail for clients needing inpatient treatment.
