Women and Family Recovery Navigator - Bridgeport Outpatient

Liberation Programs Inc.•Bridgeport, CT

28d•Onsite

About The Position

Liberation Programs, Inc. is currently seeking a Recovery Navigator to work at our Outpatient Treatment Facility in Bridgeport, CT. The Recovery Navigator will provide outreach services to parenting and pregnant women or to families/support of parenting or pregnant women. Job Purpose/Function: The REACH Women’s Family Recovery Navigator (WFRN) is a grant-funded, community-based, peer recovery support position. The WFRN will provide community-facing services targeted at pregnant and/or parenting women with substance use or co-occurring disorders, as well as parenting or pregnant fathers, grandparents, LGBTQIA+ individuals, partners of WRN clients, and other immediate parenting family or natural support who have been impacted by substance use. The WFRNs will work to engage women and individuals needing access to care and recovery supportive resources to increase real time engagement with treatment and support the development of an individualized recovery support network in their local community.

Requirements

Self-identified woman with lived experience of substance use
Must be a person in recovery OR have lived experience supporting an immediate family/partner in their recovery from a substance use or co-occurring disorder
High School Graduate or GED
Must be comfortable using her lived experience to inform and support the work.
Must have successfully completed or will complete (within two (2) months of hire) a DMHAS approved thirty (30) hour recovery-oriented training program.
Extensive knowledge of recovery-based supports, both traditional and non- traditional, and demonstrates the ability to integrate these resources into treatment
Working understanding of mental health disorders and how these diagnoses may impact recovery
Well-established understanding of the role and impact of trauma and gender on all aspects of outreach, engagement, treatment and recovery
Must maintain an unbiased, working knowledge of methadone and other medication assisted treatment formulations as a tool to support recovery.
Must possess an unbiased, working knowledge of harm reduction principles to support recovery.
Preserve a working knowledge of women’s issues and is comfortable discussing topics such as sexual and reproductive health including birth control and abortion, intimate partner violence, pregnancy, etc.
Ability to deliver services in person when requested by the agency or the Department.
Ability to work collaboratively with clients, their family, community partners and agency professionals.
Must be comfortable learning and using new technology for purposes including but not limited to documentation, presentations, data collection and reporting, etc.
Working understanding of mental health disorders and how these diagnoses may impact recovery.
Ability to professionally document services provided.
Have valid driver’s licenses and transportation
Job requires use of own vehicle to deliver services with mileage reimbursement

Responsibilities

Provide education and support to pregnant and parenting women and Pregnant/expecting fathers, grandparents, LGBTQIA+ individuals, partners of WRN clients, and other immediate parenting family or natural support who have been impacted by substance use about substance use and co-occurring health disorders and available resources behavioral health disorders and available resources
Conduct comprehensive intake assessments that will help individuals identify and explore personal strengths, needs, community supports, and recovery capital.
Engage with and maintain relationships with community area health care providers, behavioral health, social services, recovery supports and additional community-based programs
Provide culturally competent and person-centered support services that improve the quality of life for pregnant and parenting women with behavioral health disorders by addressing the social determinants of health, in addition to understanding emerging conditions that affect them
Increase the capacity of the community to support pregnant and parenting women by identifying and addressing systemic barriers to treatment services, health care, social services and social support of such individuals
Identify, recruit and engage individuals that may need support for substance misuse or other behavioral health disorders and provide outreach, engagement, short term case management, recovery coaching and community connections to treatment and recovery support resources
link client to a range of supports and services including but not limited to MAT/MOUD, harm reduction, reproductive health Services, medical needs, employment, housing, child needs etc.
Maintain an unbiased, working knowledge of all pathways to recovery, including support for women not yet ready to enter formal treatment programs
Work collaboratively with clients, their families, community partners, and agency professionals