Shelter Services -AOD

San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) seeks qualified providers to deliver substance use services at designated shelter sites for individuals experiencing homelessness. The selected provider(s) will deliver comprehensive, integrated co-occurring capable substance use services, including outreach, education, and engagement directly within designated interim emergency shelters. The goal is to increase engagement in SUD treatment, promote harm reduction strategies, and support progress toward eventual engagement and retention in housing. • Deliver on-site co-occurring capable substance use treatment services tailored to unhoused populations. • Employ engagement strategies for clients at all stages of readiness. • Provide individual and group services aligned with harm reduction and abstinence-based practices. • Work with shelter leadership to identify clients who are believed to have SUD, with or without co-occurring mental illness. • Coordinate closely with shelter leadership and other key partners on resident engagement and strategies for housing retention. • Facilitate or connect to 12-step meetings and other recovery-oriented activities. • Facilitate connection to Mental Health (MH) services for those that may decide they want those services. • Offer incentives and contingency management approaches to increase client participation and recognized successes. • Maintain visibility and trust-building efforts through regular resident engagement and outreach. • Conduct comprehensive SUD assessment during the 30-day window of initial engagement to determine individual needs and develop person-centered treatment plans. • Facilitate on-site individual and group treatment sessions addressing topics such as deciding the right amount of substance use, how to manage mental health symptoms while using substances, making small steps of change, and, for those working toward sobriety, relapse prevention, coping skills, and recovery support. • Offer crisis intervention and stabilization services for residents experiencing acute SUD-related issues, and facilitate access to other crisis services when needed. • Offer care coordination services, including linking clients to external resources (e.g., medical care, mental health services, housing assistance). • Provide and/or arrange for transportation as needed to: MAT services, mental health services, physical health services. • Provide co-occurring capable SUD services utilizing Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), Trauma-Informed Treatment, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Skills Training, Harm Reduction, Psycho-education, and Stages of Change Model.