Recovery Specialist

Centerstone • Columbus, IN

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About The Position

The Recovery Specialist provides support, information, education, and wellness services to clients to promote recovery, build skills, and sustain better health. The role delivers prevention training on managing stress and problems, making healthy lifestyle choices, recognizing and responding to relapse, managing crises, and achieving and sustaining recovery. The specialist assists clients with personal recovery goals, developing natural support systems, and advocating for themselves within healthcare systems, while implementing evidence-informed wellness interventions.

The position provides individual and group training and interventions related to clients’ functioning and health, including symptom and medication management, life skills, healthy eating, weight management, smoking cessation, substance-use risks, and community reintegration. The specialist helps clients develop Wellness Recovery Action Plans, provides wellness consultation, supports self-management of chronic conditions, and helps address barriers to care. Work includes collaborating with clients, families, providers, community agencies, and other departments; providing case management, referrals, advocacy, transportation assistance, intake and assessment duties, and discharge planning and follow-up as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years old due to funding requirements.
• Associate degree required.
• Two years of relevant experience working in the human services field.
• Effectively communicate through written, verbal, in-person, and virtual methods.
• Knowledge of the roles and functions of community resources.
• Ability to instruct assigned clients in basic independent living skills.
• Customer service and customer experience skills.
• Problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in human services preferred.
• WRAP facilitator certification within twelve months of accepting the position is preferred.
• Education/experience equivalency may be considered upon approval.

Responsibilities

• Provide group or individual training and interventions focused on clients’ functioning and health-related issues, including symptom and medication management, life skills, healthy eating, weight management, smoking cessation, substance-use risks, and community reintegration.
• Assist clients with developing their Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).
• Provide wellness consultation and collaborate with clients, family members, and other providers to implement plans.
• Empower clients to self-manage chronic health conditions and establish wellness goals.
• Use motivational interviewing and other approaches to help clients find motivation to complete individualized recovery plans and achieve wellness goals.
• Help clients overcome barriers to their goals, including barriers to accessing care, and navigate healthcare systems.
• Link clients to community-based social support and services, and develop collaborative relationships with departments, services, and community healthcare agencies.
• Provide ongoing case management, including assessment, planning, linking, monitoring, referral, and advocacy.
• Provide transportation assistance to help clients achieve and maintain wellness goals and initiatives.
• Conduct intakes for recipients entering services, including explaining services, gathering intake information, ensuring understanding of forms, obtaining required signatures, and submitting materials for processing, as assigned.
• Conduct assessments and write assessment summaries, as assigned.
• Assist clients with discharge planning 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 insurance paid by the company
• Employee Resource Groups
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree