Recovery Support Specialist
Job Type
Full-time
Description

Day/Swing Position with flexibility to cover extra shifts if needed!


Starting wage: $16.00


 Benefits include:

  • Heath Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Simple IRA with 3% Match
  • PTO accrual at date of hire


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Provides new residents with written instructions on emergency procedures and staff contact information
  • Maintain mutually supportive and recovery-oriented relationships between residents and staff
  • Follows drug screening and/or toxicology protocols
  • Conducts room and personal property searches
  • Responsible for prescription and non-prescription medications usage and storage
  • Encourages residents to develop and participate in their own personalized recovery plan
  • Informs residents of local treatment and recovery support services available to them
  • Encourages residents to attend mutually supportive, self-help groups and/or outside professional services, providing access to third-party clinical services
  • Offers life-skill development services in the area for which they have been approved
  • Charts, documents and reports accurate information through Electronic Medical Record system or any other process assigned
  • Provides transportation for residents as directed by the Lead Recovery Support Specialist and Facility Manager
  • Monitor residents’ weekly schedules
  • Works with people in a friendly and caring manner
  • Maintains a safe environment for residents and fellow staff, encouraging and ensuring a clean and welcoming facility
  • Conducts themselves as a positive role model of the Walker Center and promptly alerts a supervisor to potentially unethical behavior
  • Flexibility and availability for all shifts
  • Is aware of residents’ activities and whereabouts at all times
  • Compiles a shift report and daily documentation to meet deadlines
  • Use “Unconditional Positive Regard” to anyone connected with the Walker Center
  • Informs and coaches residents on rules and policies of the Walking Sober House
  • Follows policies and procedures
  • Above all, the Recovery Support Specialist shall do no harm to the resident and never abandon their post


Requirements
  • Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to pass Motor Vehicle Report.
  • Self-identified person in recovery from a Substance Use Disorder must have a minimum of one-year of sobriety from substances of abuse.
  • Must pass pre-hire requirements including a criminal background check, UA, and TB test.
  • Must be CPR certified within ninety (90) days of hire and willing to become Provisional Certified Recovery Coach as directed by supervisor.
Salary Description
$16.00