Recovery Aide

La Frontera Center Inc. • Tucson, AZ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Recovery Aide assists clients and families within the behavioral health system to enhance their recovery and promote wellness, working under the guidance of Recovery Coaches to provide rehabilitation and support services. This role involves promoting a recovery-based approach, assisting the clinical team with service plans, and working directly with members on their recovery plans, including goal setting, identifying community resources, and crisis prevention. Recovery Aides provide support in various settings such as the community, client's home, office, or telephonically, and are responsible for consulting with and making referrals to other community agencies. Key duties include completing documentation, sharing personal recovery experiences (if certified) to mentor clients, communicating with the clinical team, providing crisis support, assisting with legal consents and benefit coaching, and transporting clients to appointments. The position also involves assessing hospitalized/crisis clients for discharge planning, performing welfare checks, and attending required training and meetings. A significant aspect of the role is coordinating all care and services to facilitate optimal physical and behavioral health wellness within a trauma-informed care framework, which includes facilitating communication between medical and behavioral health practitioners, assisting with preventative and specialty physical health interventions, integrating treatment, and educating on the interplay of physical and behavioral health.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Personal recovery experience and certification as a recovery support specialist through one of the recognized training agencies (in order to provide peer support services).
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary adult recovery teams.
• Knowledge of the Pima County behavioral health system.
• Ability to engage clients in treatment plan.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Uses good judgment as it relates to peer/family support.
• Knowledge of confidentiality, ethics, and boundary issues related to peer/family support.
• Reliable transportation.
• Valid AZ driver’s license.
• Automobile insurance.
• Good driving record.
• Proof of physical exam and annual proof of TB skin Test.
• Fingerprint Clearance - If working with children (clients under 18) or work in or on premises where children’s services are rendered.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes a recovery-based approach to care that emphasizes hope, respect, self-direction, and empowerment.
• Assists clinical team in implementing services plans.
• Works directly with members on a peer-driven, self-developed recovery plan to be shared with their Behavioral Health Medical Practitioner (BHMP) that includes goals of the member / family, community resources, family/natural supports, and crisis prevention plan (as applicable).
• Works with clients and/or their family and natural supports to navigate and use community resources in an effective manner.
• Provides support and rehabilitation services in the community or client’s home, in office, or telephonically as appropriate.
• Consults with, makes referrals to, and follows up with other community agencies to provide needed services.
• Completes documentation for behavioral health record in accordance with agency and funding source requirements.
• Relates own recovery process or family experience in a positive and supportive manner through coaching, role modeling and mentoring to assist clients and/or their families in developing skills to achieve their goals (if certified to provide peer or family support services).
• Communicates with clinical team regarding client’s level of independent functioning and current levels of support provided.
• Provides crisis support as needed and notifies Supervisor/team.
• Assists client in completion of legal consents and benefit coaching.
• Transports clients to appointments that will assist them with their recovery plan.
• Assists with client appointments that promote wellness and recovery.
• Assists in assessment of hospitalized/crisis clients for purpose of discharge planning.
• Performs welfare checks in the client’s home to assess for health and safety risks and reports clinical information to the Recovery Coach/Supervisor.
• Attends required training.
• Attends required meetings.
• Coordinate all care and services required to enhance and facilitate the optimal physical and behavioral health wellness of persons served within a trauma-informed care framework.
• Facilitates communication between medical and behavioral health practitioners/systems.
• Assists with scheduling of and compliance with preventative and specialty physical health interventions.
• Integrates treatment interventions to address both the physical and behavioral health needs of the person/family concurrently.
• Assists persons/families served with education and resources outlining the interplay of physical and behavioral health issues on overall wellness and quality of life.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive wage that includes shift differential and bilingual differential pay for some positions
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending Accounts
• Health savings account with employer contribution
• 403b retirement account
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5200 per year (accessible after first 90 days of employment)
• Allowance added to pay to supplement additional benefits in the amount of – 2% of salary the first year and increasing every 2 years
• 15 days of PTO in the first 2 years, increasing by an additional 5 days every two years
• 10 paid holidays
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Bereavement Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees