Substance Use Disorders Literature Review Team

OVERVIEW

The Center on Evidence-Based Practices is a technical assistance center with a mission to promote recovery among people with mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders through the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP’s) and emerging best practices in behavioral healthcare.   The Center has been awarded a grant from SAMSHA/OhioMHAS for a Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence (SUD COE) which is tasked with providing training, resources and technical assistance to providers throughout Ohio.

 POSITION OBJECTIVE

This position functions under the direction of the SUD COE leadership team with respect to needs, priorities, and role assignments as determined by current contractual obligations. Working under general supervision, the SUD COE Resource Development Literature Review team members will be primarily responsible for providing training resource development and written EBP research briefs re: associated clinical guidance with SUD treatment models as requested by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS). As part of the COE's goal of developing a repository of SUD EBP resource content to be hosted on a state-sponsored website, this position will be primarily responsible for the writing of research summaries and implementation guidance documents that support implementation. This position may also offer QI guidance for evaluation of EBP’s utilizing standardized fidelity tools for programs and systems that receive services from the COE. Evaluation efforts may include consultation with programs and systems regarding implementation of evidence -based practices . This position will assist with reports to OhioMHAS. EBP consultation and training occurs as determined by the needs of the COE 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Conduct extensive literature reviews on Evidence- Informed  treatment models and their applicability to high morbidity/high mortality substances in consultation with team (60%)
2. Write summary reports of the EBP literature, as well as briefs and infographics stemming from the literature review (25%)
3. Provide training at community behavioral health treatment organizations in conjunction with local and State health authorities. (5%)
4. Participate in formal quality improvement activity with programs seeking to add EBP fidelity and adherence measures into their organizational QI processes. (5%)

NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Participate in supervision as needed and weekly team meetings. (4%)
2. Update daily calendar as changes occur. Enter all reportable activities in database weekly. Follow policies of Case Western Reserve University and the CEBP in regard to reporting employee expenses, and activity for grant reporting. (1%)
3. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

No supervisory responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONs

Master’s degree in behavioral health field required; independent license and chemical dependency licensure strongly preferred, with three years of doctoral work.

Experience with services for individuals who have substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.

Experience in practice models endorsed by the COE strongly preferred.

Exceptional writing skills

REQUIRED SKILLS

1. Strong written and verbal communication  skills, ability to work independently, ability to carry out multiple tasks, ability to form strong partnership relationships with customers and stakeholders, and ability to work effectively on a team.
2. Functional knowledge of state and federal regulatory and quality improvement policies and practices.