Careers

The Program Specialist collaborates with the Director to provide Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)Training across the State of Oklahoma. The Program Specialist promotes MHFA as best-practice, recruits participants, organizes training, and directly provides MHFA training to any group in Oklahoma that requests training. The Program Specialist must be a self-starter and willing to engage community partners in mental health education efforts.

The Prevention Specialist assists the coalition and the project coordinator with coalition projects and events. The Prevention Specialist also facilitates the Strategic Prevention Framework process, builds coalition capacity and development, and provides presentations to community organizations and schools. The Prevention Specialist must be a self-starter and willing to engage community partners in prevention efforts.

The Program Director assures that contract requirements for Family Preservation Services are met through the leadership, supervision and training of staff, and represents the agency as one of the primary liaisons to DCF and participates in statewide or regional stakeholder meetings, policy, program improvement or advisory groups. Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management services to families who have one or more children at risk of out-of-home placement or who will be at risk of out-of-home placement at birth.

Recovery Support Specialists monitor and direct client activity and are responsible for the implementation of agency policies. First Step at Lake View offers substance abuse treatment designed to meet the unique needs of women, pregnant women, and women with dependent children. Treatment interventions include: non-medical detox, short term residential treatment, intensive outpatient services with or without supportive housing, outpatient counseling and primary healthcare collaboration. A licensed childcare, parenting, case management and mental health services are integrated into the holistic treatment program. First Step at Lake View is situated in a quiet campus setting with large areas of green space and relaxing views from all areas of the grounds and a high quality children’s playground. Outpatient substance abuse or mental health counseling are offered via tele-health technology or in office sessions.

The Child Placing Agency Specialist provides on-going support services to foster families which includes assisting with children placed within the home. Under supervision of the Child Placing Agency Supervisor and while working closely with other assigned staff, Child Placing Agency Specialists will provide intake services and assist with placement recommendations and/or service planning. The Child Placing Agency Specialist will also help by recruiting and training foster families while also providing emotional support, professional guidance and crisis assistance.

The Foster Care Engagement Specialist recruits foster and adoptive families through speaking engagements, community awareness events and building community partnerships/relationships. DCCCA has been a licensed Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas since 2001. CPA staff work with foster parents to assist in providing the best possible services for children and families. We believe in every child's right to a stable placement with trained foster parents who are dedicated to his or her emotional and physical well-being, their educational opportunity, and permanency with the birth or adoptive family.

The Child Placing Agency Placement Specialist accepts referral information from contractors regarding potential placements then coordinates the placements through networking and established community contacts.

DCCCA has been a licensed Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas since 2001. CPA staff work with foster parents to assist in providing the best possible services for children and families. We believe in every child's right to a stable placement with trained foster parents who are dedicated to his or her emotional and physical well-being, their educational opportunity, and permanency with the birth or adoptive family. The Child Placing Agency Training & Licensing Specialist recruits new foster families through networking and established community contacts as well as training new foster families.

The Child Placing Agency Specialist provides on-going support services to foster families which includes assisting with children placed within the home. Under supervision of the Child Placing Agency Supervisor and while working closely with other assigned staff, Child Placing Agency Specialists will provide intake services and assist with placement recommendations and/or service planning. The Child Placing Agency Specialist will also help by recruiting and training foster families while also providing emotional support, professional guidance and crisis assistance. DCCCA has been a licensed Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas since 2001. CPA staff work with foster parents to assist in providing the best possible services for children and families. We believe in every child's right to a stable placement with trained foster parents who are dedicated to his or her emotional and physical well-being, their educational opportunity, and permanency with the birth or adoptive family.

The Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office is a collaboration between the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Traffic Safety Section and DCCCA whose mission is to provide public information and education to protect Kansans from avoidable injury or death on Kansas roadways. DCCCA provides community coalitions with coaching, tools and resources enabling them to engage in comprehensive strategic planning focused on behavioral health prevention including substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, suicide prevention and problem gambling awareness and prevention.

Residential and outpatient treatment for substance abuse, and mental health services are provided by DCCCA across the state of Kansas. The UM Specialist obtains and verifies insurance, and coordinates obtaining benefit information and prior authorization.

Recovery Support Specialists monitor and direct client activity and are responsible for the implementation of agency policies. DCCCA’s comprehensive continuum of substance abuse treatment and outpatient mental health counseling in Wichita offers gender-responsive and family focused services for both men and women. Located in Wichita, one of Kansas’s largest metropolitan areas, DCCCA clients come primarily from Sedgwick County but are accepted from referral sources state-wide. Substance abuse treatment services include non-medical detoxification, short term intensive and extended stay residential programs, intensive outpatient modalities, outpatient counseling and primary healthcare collaboration. Outpatient counseling for both substance use and mental health needs are facilitated for adults and adolescents via tele-health technology or in office sessions. DCCCA’s unique gender responsive program provides services to women, women with dependent children, and pregnant women. A licensed childcare, parenting, case management and mental health services are integrated into the substance abuse treatment modalities.

The Traffic Safety Specialist cooperates with NHTSA, KDOT and other statewide partners to promote traffic safety programs in the state of Kansas. The Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office (KTSRO) is a collaboration between the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Traffic Safety Section and DCCCA whose mission is to provide public information and education to protect Kansans from avoidable injury or death on Kansas roadways.

The Child Placing Agency Placement Specialist accepts referral information from contractors regarding potential placements then coordinates the placements through networking and established community contacts. DCCCA has been a licensed Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas since 2001. CPA staff work with foster parents to assist in providing the best possible services for children and families. We believe in every child's right to a stable placement with trained foster parents who are dedicated to his or her emotional and physical well-being, their educational opportunity, and permanency with the birth or adoptive family.

The IFPS Therapist provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families by delivering and coordinating culturally competent therapeutic and case management services that are responsive to the unique needs of the family. Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management services to families who have one or more children at risk of out-of-home placement or who will be at risk of out-of-home placement at birth.

The Therapist provides for the safety, stability, and well-being of children and families by delivering and coordinating culturally competent therapeutic and case management services that are responsive to the unique needs of the family. This is a full time, non-exempt position, with the ability to be in Mission, Kansas or Lawrence, Kansas. Successful candidates are relationship and mission driven. By meeting families where they are today and working together to creatively remove barriers, therapists strive to keep families together. Being a DCCCA therapist is being a champion for children.

The Therapist III provides approved treatment services to clients and their families and consultation/training to program staff.

DCCCA has been a licensed Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas since 2001. CPA staff work with foster parents to assist in providing the best possible services for children and families. We believe in every child's right to a stable placement with trained foster parents who are dedicated to his or her emotional and physical well-being, their educational opportunity, and permanency with the birth or adoptive family.

Lawrence Outpatient Treatment Services offers outpatient substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling for adolescents and adults in the Lawrence, KS, area. Treatment interventions include: individual and group counseling, assessments, family sessions, court-ordered alcohol & drug evaluations, and an eight hour Alcohol Drug Information School. Appointments are offered via tele-health technology or in office sessions.

DCCCA, Inc. provides a full continuum of alcohol and drug treatment designed to help individuals struggling with substance use. Peer Support Specialists, specially trained adults with lived experience and role models for recovery, are being sought to support and expand a Douglas County initiative. The initiative is designed to help people access social detox services in Northeast Kansas and take the first steps toward recovery. Peer Support Specialists are available during scheduled shifts to interact with patients in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Full and Part time opportunities are available. Shifts will require evening and weekend hours.

DCCCA-Pratt offers outpatient treatment for adolescents and adults in Pratt County and surrounding communities. Treatment interventions include: individual and group counseling, assessments, family sessions, court-ordered alcohol & drug evaluations, and an eight hour Alcohol Drug Information School.