Recovery Specialist CCBHC
About The Position
Provides support services, provides information, education and support for clients, promotes wellness, recovery and skill building to sustain better health. Provides prevention training for managing stress and problems, making healthy life style choices, recognizing and responding to relapse, managing crisis and achieving and sustaining recovery. Assists clients with personal recovery goals, helps clients develop natural support systems, and coaches clients to advocate for themselves within their healthcare systems. Implements evidence-informed wellness interventions.
Requirements
- Effectively communicate via written, verbal, in person and virtual methods.
- Knowledge of role and function of various community resources.
- Knowledge of and ability to instruct assigned clients in basic independent living skills.
- Skill in customer service/experience techniques.
- Skill in problem-solving.
- Candidate must be a minimum of 21 years of age per funding requirements.
- Associates degree required.
- Two years relevant experience working in the human services field.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in human services preferred.
- Education/experience equivalency may be considered upon approval.
- WRAP facilitator with in twelve (12) months of accepting position is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides group or individual training/interventions focusing on improvement of the client’s functioning and health-related issues (e.g., symptom/medication management, life skills, healthy eating, weight management, smoking cessation, recognizing the dangers of alcohol and other drugs, community reintegration, etc.).
- Assists clients with developing their Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).
- Provides wellness consultation.
- Works in consultation/collaboration with clients, family members and other providers to implement plan.
- Empowers clients to self-manage chronic health conditions and solidify wellness goals.
- Assists clients with finding solutions utilizing motivational interviewing and finding motivation to complete their individualized recovery plan to achieve wellness goals.
- Assists clients in overcoming any barriers to goals, including access to care.
- Assists with navigating health care systems.
- Links clients to community-based social support/services and develop collaborative relationships with other departments, services, and community health care agencies to facilitate and support wellness and quality care.
- Provides ongoing case management services for assigned service recipients, including but not limited to assessment, planning, linking, monitoring, referral and advocacy.
- Provides transportation assistance to help clients achieve and maintain wellness goals and initiatives.
- Conducts intake for recipient entering services, including explaining services, gathering information needed on intake materials, ensuring service recipient understands all forms, assuring signature on appropriate contracts and consents, and submitting materials for processing, as assigned.
- Conducts assessment and writes assessment summaries, as assigned.
- Assists service recipient in making discharge plans and provide follow up services as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- 403b retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off and ten paid holidays
- AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability (company paid)
- Employee Resource Groups
- Continuing education opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
