Recovery Facilitator - ACT - Howard Co.

4C Health • Kokomo, IN

20d • $23 - $24 • Onsite

About The Position

The Recovery Facilitator promotes mental health recovery through a person-centered approach focused on independence and integration. The role provides assessment, treatment planning, case management coordination, skills training, and interventions for people affected by emotional or behavioral impairment and serious, persistent mental illness who are targeted for services by the Division of Mental Health. The position operates under minimal supervision and requires professionalism, tact, sound judgment, and confidentiality when working with clients, families, the public, and agency associates.

The Recovery Facilitator serves assigned clients in settings that may include homes, the community, schools, and group homes. The role involves coordinating with internal and external treatment team members, referral sources, and families; documenting services and progress; and using agency-approved curricula and trained evidence-based practices. Evening and weekend work may be assigned or necessary. Mobile Crisis response or on-call services may be required after qualifications are met.

The position is full-time and offers a four-day, 32-hour work week. The listed starting wage is $22.50–$23.75, with growing base wage opportunities up to $28.25 and additional compensation and incentive opportunities. The job is located in Howard County, Kokomo, Indiana.

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• If the highest degree is a high school diploma, at least one of the following is required: two years of qualified behavioral-health work experience; a technical certificate in behavioral health, human services, or another relevant social-service area; or two years (60 credit hours) of coursework.
• For community-based work with DCS referrals, meet DCS service standards and specific education and qualification expectations.
• Willingness to submit to a pre-employment drug screen.
• Willingness to submit to comprehensive background checks, including criminal and child protective services checks.

Nice To Haves

• An associate or bachelor's degree, or further education, in social services, psychology, or mental health.
• Prior direct-service experience involving assessment, planning, facilitation, case management, evaluation, skill development, or advocacy to meet individual and family health, education, social-service, or restorative-justice needs.
• If working with families and individuals experiencing substance use disorder, an additional certification such as ICAADA certification.
• Peer certification through the State of Indiana or ICAADA.

Responsibilities

• Complete client assessments, including evaluating admission criteria and documenting presenting problems, history, medical information, family involvement, psychosocial and psychosexual information, substance use or abuse, and abuse or neglect, to form an appropriate clinical impression.
• Develop care plans that reflect client needs and discharge criteria, with time-limited, behaviorally stated goals and objectives, under the supervision of the department manager, HSPP, and agency psychiatrist.
• Monitor clinic metrics, including care plan compliance, NOMS compliance, screening tools, demographic updates, medical history BPHC units, and active caseload oversight.
• Document services and client progress accurately and promptly in accordance with agency policies, systems, and the applicable therapeutic modality.
• Provide time-limited therapeutic services specific to each assigned client's presenting problems.
• Provide progress reports to referral sources and complete required monthly progress reports and case management.
• Communicate with referring agencies at least monthly to provide progress updates and obtain collateral information from referral sources and other external treatment team members.
• Coordinate and participate in treatment team meetings with people involved in the client's treatment plan, internally and externally.
• Provide weekly case management, skills training, and development as a primary intervention for clients on the caseload, based on each client's recovery vision and treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Provide clinical client encounters according to billable service counts, treatment needs, FTE, area of service, and agency policy; meet unique-encounter requirements set by the department or manager.
• Deliver recovery coaching in home or community settings and meet with clients or families as frequently as specified in the treatment plan.
• Work evenings and weekends as assigned or necessary.
• Transport clients to appointments or other destinations when other options have been exhausted and transportation is clinically relevant to the treatment plan.
• Help clients develop natural support systems to foster independence.
• Participate in continuing education relevant to case management, mental health, addictions, services, or populations served.
• Participate in Mobile Crisis response or on-call services when required after meeting qualifications.
• Complete individual and group supervision required by agency policy, including two hours of clinical supervision monthly; Recovery Facilitators primarily serving DCS caseloads must attend four hours monthly.
• Implement and use 4C Health-approved curricula and trained evidence-based practices for intervention.
• Follow agency policies and procedures, maintain positive working relationships with the communities served, and perform other assigned duties and projects.

Benefits

• Multiple health plan options
• Health premium wellness discounts
• Employer-paid HSA contributions
• Mileage reimbursement
• Dental and vision coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Supplemental insurance products
• Up to $10,000 in tuition assistance
• Paid birthday off
• Student loan repayment of $150 per month ($1,800 annually), available at hire, for eligible employees
• Referral compensation of $750 for each referred person hired and retained for six months, plus an additional $500 annually while both remain employed
• Bilingual wage premiums for individuals fluent in Spanish or Burmese
• Opportunity to earn up to an additional $525 per week through Mobile Crisis on-call opportunities in eligible counties
• Four-day, 32-hour work week

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED