Social Work Practitioner

THIS IS A TIME-LIMITED POSITION WITH AN ESTIMATED DURATION OF 2 YEARS.

UNC Horizons seeks a Community-Based Justice & Recovery Therapist to provide gender-responsive and trauma-informed behavioral health interventions for pregnant, parenting, and single women with substance use disorders, trauma histories, and justice-system involvement in Wake County.
This position serves as the primary point of contact for justice-involved agencies across Wake County and surrounding counties, ensuring timely access to substance use disorder screening, assessment, and intervention services. As a core member of an interdisciplinary team, the therapist functions as the lead clinician to initiate community-based SUD and justice-involved programming. Responsibilities include supporting clinical referral coverage, overseeing timely clinical recommendations, facilitating access to treatment and supportive services, supervising paraprofessionals embedded within the team, and ensuring coordinated and effective care pathways for justice-involved women and their families.
This role requires close collaboration with legal partners, child welfare agencies, community-based organizations, and medical and psychiatric providers to promote continuity of care, pre-release SUD treatment engagement, reentry stabilization, and sustained recovery outcomes. Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board. Management Preferences * Experience in facilitating comprehensive clinical assessments to diagnose substance use and mental health diagnoses
* Skilled in working in high-risk and in clinical crises situations
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Required Licenses/Certifications Must have a valid driver’s license Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities