Recovery Specialist - Behavioral Health Services - Evergreen - Full-Time Evening Shift: Mon - Fri & E/O weekend (24490)

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center•Paramus, NJ

118d•$23 - $25

About The Position

The Recovery Specialist serves as a recovery ambassador by maintaining an active and effective personal recovery program and high ethical standards. The role connects with and supports peer clients, explains how the Center’s services and activities can support recovery and improve quality of life and relationships, and tailors non-clinical support to individual needs. The Recovery Specialist runs recovery meetings on BNBMC Substance Use units, staffs the Center’s phones during open hours, organizes social activities, and reaches out to clients who have disengaged from formal treatment. The position also supports community integration and connections to recovery resources, conducts individual and group meetings, and works in the Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex County areas, including high-risk neighborhoods, to reach adults who use substances. The position communicates with family members and significant others when appropriate releases are in place; follows HIPAA and applicable grant requirements; attends team meetings; assists with outcome data collection and reporting; and maintains departmental policies, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards. The Recovery Specialist is expected to provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service and to understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct, mission, vision, and values. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Working knowledge of addictions.
At least two years of personal substance use recovery.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.
Read and write English to the extent required by the position.
High school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

Maintain an active, effective personal recovery program and high ethical standards as a recovery ambassador.
Connect with and support peer clients by providing empathy and encouraging them to connect with services.
Explain and demonstrate how Center services and activities can support recovery, quality of life, and relationships.
Tailor solutions to the individual needs of each client and treat every client with respect.
Run recovery meetings on BNBMC Substance Use units and educate patients and clients about the Center’s services.
Staff the Center’s phones during open Center hours.
Organize and host social activities at the Center or in the community.
Reach out to clients who have disengaged from formal treatment and invite them to return to the Center and recovery activities.
Communicate with family members and significant others when appropriate releases are in place.
Work across Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex counties, including high-risk neighborhoods, to reach adults who use substances.
Conduct individual and group meetings and facilitate recovery groups tailored to clients’ needs.
Provide non-clinical activities that engage, educate, and support clients.
Teach and model the value of each individual’s recovery experience, effective coping techniques, and self-help strategies.
Assist clients with community integration and connections to community recovery supports.
Comply with HIPAA and applicable grant requirements.
Attend team meetings with program personnel and clinical staff to report and review program progress.
Assist with outcome data collection and provide reports as instructed by program coordinating staff.
Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service.
Maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards; identify gaps and create necessary policies and procedures.
Understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and become familiar with its mission, vision, and values.
Perform other related duties as required.