Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee (SUDPT) or Substance Use Disorder Professional

About the job

Pioneer Human Services in Spokane is hiring a full-time Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) or Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee (SUDPT). The role gives treatment based on evidence and promising practices to clients with substance use disorders and keeps their treatment and case management records up to date.

Pioneer Human Services is a non-profit that helps people involved with the justice system rebuild their lives, with more than 35 locations in Washington state. It says it served over 9,500 people in 2024.

What you'll do

• Provide substance use disorder services under a clinical SUD supervisor, such as counseling, process groups, psycho-educational classes, problem-solving help and case management that follow each client's Individual Service Plan
• Diagnose substance use disorders using the current DSM (such as DSM-5) and ASAM requirements
• Work with other Pioneer behavioral health providers and community partners on each client's plan, and keep up a working knowledge of community resources
• Keep complete, accurate and timely records of treatment, case management and daily observations, following agency, funder and state rules
• Help police and medical first responders when needed
• Take part in shift and staff meetings, use sound clinical judgment to choose the right intervention, and support teamwork with coworkers
• Keep equipment and supplies clean and safe, and dispose of them following policy
• Help develop treatment methods and classes based on client needs, pull client and program data, and complete peer audits of client files
• Take part in agency supervision toward getting and keeping your credential, and complete the training the state and the annual training plan call for

What you need

• For the SUDPT role: progress toward an associate's degree in mental health, behavioral health or a related human services field, and a current Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee (SUDPT) credential from the Washington State Department of Health
• For the SUDP role: an associate's degree in mental health, behavioral health or a related human services field, and a current Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) credential from the Washington State Department of Health
• At 24-hour locations: a Washington State Food Handler's permit, obtained in your first week, plus CPR and First Aid certification, earned within 90 days (or sooner if possible) and kept current
• Where the work location calls for it: a valid driver's license, your own auto insurance and a driving record that Pioneer's auto insurer accepts (the posting lists this under preferred qualifications but words it as a must)
• Pre-employment and ongoing drug testing, including for marijuana, because the role is considered safety sensitive

Preferred

• For the SUDPT role: the first 50 hours of direct supervised training already completed
• A bachelor's degree in mental health, behavioral health or a related human services field
• For the SUDPT role: coursework, experience or training in human development, chemical dependency, residential treatment or a related area
• For the SUDP role: experience in the substance use disorder field or in residential services

Schedule

• Full-time

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• A flexible spending account and a dependent care flexible spending account
• Employer-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability coverage
• Front-loaded tuition assistance and a retirement plan
• Employee recognition programs, public transportation discounts and an employee assistance program