SUDC Justice Services & Clinical Support

Description

Odyssey House is looking for Full-Time SUDC Justice Services & Clinical Support!

The SUDC Justice Services & Clinical Support position is a credentialed substance-use treatment role

responsible for delivering assigned SUD services in prison, jail, and halfway-house settings and providing

SUD-focused clinical support to Odyssey House Admissions when justice-services programming does not use the

full FTE. Reporting to the Clinical Director, this position facilitates evidence-informed SUD groups, completes

required service documentation, coordinates with justice-system partners, and supports substance-use portions of

intake and biopsychosocial assessment within credentialed and agency-defined scope. Justice-services

programming is the primary assignment; intake and BPS support is secondary when group schedules permit.

Compensation: $68,000 Salary

Schedule: Monday - Friday 9-5

Full-Time Benefits Include:

• •$9,000/year tuition eligibility
• •Paid continuing education/training opportunities
• •Monthly incentives and awards
• •Casual dress and atmosphere
• •Health insurance: medical, dental, vision, FSA, long & short-term disability
• •Competitive 403b match after 1 year
• •Accrue up to 34 paid days off annually
• •Wellness perk: convert ½ of unused sick time to vacation at year-end
• •Sabbatical program after 5 years of service (we pay you to take a vacation!)
• •On-demand pay – access earned wages early (conditions apply)
• •Extra time off & gift packages for employees after 90 days
• •24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health and more

Responsibilities & Duties

To expand Odyssey House justice-services SUD programming and make effective use of credentialed clinical

capacity, the SUDC is responsible for reliable delivery of prison, jail, and halfway-house services; timely

documentation; justice-partner coordination; approved revenue-support activities; and SUD-focused intake/BPS

support when not scheduled for groups.

• •Facilitate assigned SUD treatment, psychoeducational, relapse-prevention, recovery-skills, and other authorized groups in prison settings.
• •Facilitate assigned jail-based SUD services or groups when permitted by facility, contract, payer, and credentialing requirements.
• •Facilitate assigned halfway-house SUD groups and maintain continuity with Odyssey House and justice-system expectations.
• •Deliver services to fidelity based on approved curriculum, clinical direction, facility requirements, and Odyssey House standards.
• •Maintain a reliable group schedule and promptly communicate barriers, facility changes, cancellations, or access issues to the Clinical Director.

Documentation & Revenue Support

• •Complete timely, accurate group notes, attendance documentation, progress documentation, and required communications for all services delivered.
• •Document services in a manner that supports approved billing or contract requirements when reimbursement pathways have been validated.
• •Support operational evaluation of prison, jail, and halfway-house services for reimbursement under applicable contracts, payer requirements, credentialing standards, and service codes.
• •Accurately track approved billable or contract-eligible services and provide required information for revenue-cycle or contract reporting.
• •Maintain compliance with Utah SUDC scope, Odyssey House policy, correctional-facility requirements, confidentiality standards, and documentation requirements.

Admissions & BPS Clinical Support

• •When not scheduled for justice-services programming, assist with SUD-focused portions of intake and BPS work within credentialed and agency-defined scope.
• •Gather detailed substance-use history, prior SUD treatment, relapse/return-to-use history, overdose and IV/needle-risk history, MAT/MOUD history, recovery supports, and justice/re-entry information.
• •Support intake events and high-volume admission periods when group schedules permit.
• •Coordinate with BHCDS and LMHT staff so SUD-specific factual information is complete and available for licensed clinical review.
• •Do not allow routine intake work to displace the primary prison, jail, and halfway-house programming assignment.

Expectations

• •Prison, jail, and halfway-house groups are delivered as scheduled with reliable coverage.
• •Documentation is completed accurately and within required timelines.
• •Approved billable or contract-eligible services are captured accurately after reimbursement requirements are validated.
• •Clients receive consistent, evidence-informed, recovery-oriented SUD programming within credentialed scope.
• •Justice-system relationships are maintained professionally and communication with partners is timely.
• •Available non-group time is used productively for SUD-focused intake/BPS support and other assigned clinical-support activities.

Responsibilities

• •Reports to and works closely with the Clinical Director to maintain clinical quality, group fidelity, scope compliance, and justice-services priorities.
• •Coordinates with prison, jail, halfway-house, probation/parole, re-entry, and other justice-system partners as needed for service delivery and continuity.
• •Collaborates with Admissions, BHCDS staff, LMHTs, and program teams when supporting intake/BPS work.
• •Participates in clinical supervision, training, quality-improvement activities, program development, and other duties assigned within credentialed scope.
• •Maintains HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, professional-boundary, documentation, and information-security standards.

Requirements

Qualifications

• •Active Utah Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDC) credential in good standing, or higher Utah behavioral health credential acceptable for assigned services.
• •At least two years of SUD treatment experience preferred.
• •Demonstrated experience facilitating SUD treatment, psychoeducational, relapse-prevention, recovery-skills, or comparable behavioral health groups.
• •Correctional, justice-involved, re-entry, probation/parole, drug court, jail, prison, or halfway-house experience strongly preferred.
• •Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Human Services, Criminal Justice, or a related field preferred but not required when credential and experience requirements are met.
• •Experience with BestNotes or another behavioral health EHR preferred.
• •Must be able to meet prison, jail, and other facility background, security, orientation, credentialing, and access requirements.

Requirements & Skills

• •Strong knowledge of substance-use disorders, relapse prevention, recovery supports, MAT/MOUD, overdose prevention, treatment engagement, and re-entry barriers.
• •Strong group-facilitation, motivational interviewing, documentation, interpersonal, and professional communication skills.
• •Ability to engage and maintain appropriate boundaries with justice-involved clients in secure or highly structured environments.
• •Ability to organize and complete timely service documentation that meets Odyssey House, facility, contract, payer, and credentialing standards.
• •Ability to travel to assigned prison, jail, halfway-house, and Odyssey House locations.
• •Ability to recognize and immediately escalate withdrawal, overdose, suicide, violence, psychosis, abuse, exploitation, or other urgent clinical concerns.
• •Ability to support an accountable, solution-oriented, and collaborative culture with the Clinical Director, Admissions, program teams, and external justice-system partners.
• •Willingness to be trained, effectively integrate, and support Odyssey House Brave Leader and Therapeutic Community principles and tools.

Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of required pre-employment screenings , which may include background checks, fingerprinting, applicable sex offender registry screenings for Adult Residential roles, and other position-related verifications. Roles requiring driving are subject to a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) review and valid Utah driver’s license.