Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling | Diversity Employer

Hope Starts Here

Specializing in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Mission Statement:
CN Guidance & Counseling Services, a nonprofit organization, inspires and catalyzes recovery for people living with mental health and substance use conditions through innovative and person-centered integrated clinical treatment, counseling, housing and support services—empowering those served to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

CN (Central Nassau) Guidance & Counseling Services has grown substantially since its inception. Our evolution has been shaped largely by the emerging needs of consumers as they move through the process of recovery.

Some Of The Key Problems

Approximately 195,000 adults on Long Island suffer from some form of substance use disorder in any given year. Drug overdose is now the #1 cause of death for people under age 50 and an estimated 77,000 Long Island adults experience BOTH a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder that interfere with functioning or quality of life.

Many Long Island residents with mental health and/or substance use disorders are dying young.

People with serious mental illness—SMI—die 25 years earlier than the general population, on average (Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness, NASMHPD, 2006).

Mental health disorders and substance use disorders often occur together within individuals in a correlated way (“co-occurring diagnoses”).

Funding to organizations (like CN Guidance) that provide services to individuals facing these conditions is becoming less stable during a time when our community and its residents most need support.

CN Guidance brings together many key components to address these problems:

• Providing education and outreach to the community and to individuals about the nature and magnitude of these related problems – and about services that are available to help individuals and families, including core services of CN Guidance.

• Offering a model of integrated services that treats each individual holistically. This means not treating symptoms or health problems in “silos” and instead addressing the inter-relationship present among a person’s: (1) mental health disorders; (2) substance use disorders; (3) medical health disorders; and (4) psychological, sociological, and economic needs.

• Using cross-disciplinary teams and partnerships between organizations to provide the needed expertise to render services to clients holistically.

• Reaching out to the community for support (time, money, expertise).

Career Opportunities

A dedicated and skilled staff is one of the most important resources at Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services, Inc. Our nonprofit organization employs over 370 trained personnel throughout our program areas. If you would like to submit a resume, letter of interest, or apply for an internship to our organization, please e-mail your request to cotero@centralnassau.org.

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