Addiction Treatment/Recovery Specialist - Evenings
About The Position
This is a full-time evening position, working from 2:30 PM to 11:00 PM. The Addiction Treatment/Recovery Specialist monitors and supports patients, facilitates recovery-oriented activities, and assists with adjunct groups and meetings, including documentation. This role involves providing support during evenings and weekends, de-escalating emotional reactions, collecting bio-psycho-social data, and making initial family contacts. The specialist will also provide new patients with facility orientation, monitor patients during free time and bedtime preparation, and conduct bed and room checks. Significant events are communicated via logs, patient charts, and verbal reports to key staff. The work is typically performed in a clinical environment, and the employee is accountable for job-specific obligations and organizational policies.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Behavioral Therapy Management
- Patients Rights
Nice To Haves
- Previous addiction treatment or recovery experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Monitors and provides support to patients and facilitate various recovery-oriented activities.
- Facilitates or assists with adjunct groups/meetings and performs all associated duties, including documentation.
- Provides support to patients during evenings and weekends, and when needed, help to de-escalate any emotional reactions patients might have.
- Collects appropriate data on bio-psycho-socials.
- Completes initial family contacts and provide information on family services and document appropriately and facilitates sign-up for Family Day Program and monitor family visitations.
- Provides new patients with general orientation to the facility, including but not limited to, introducing new patient, initial assignments, buddy system and introduction to the facility rules and regulations.
- Monitors patients during free time and their preparation for bedtimes and conduct bed and room checks.
- Communicates significant events via communication log, patient charts and verbally to key staff.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contribution
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
- Tuition reimbursement
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility assistance
- Parental leave pay
- Military leave pay
- Free Care.com membership with discounted backup care
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Universal life insurance
- Pet insurance
- Legal insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
