Awake Overnight Recovery Support Specialist

Qplusequality; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 25,321 - 36,064; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

75% health and 25% dental employer premium contribution

100% employer paid disability and life insurance

Generous paid time off package

Job summary

Qplusequality in Boston is seeking an Awake Overnight Recovery Support Specialist. This part-time position involves providing quality direct care services to clients with substance use disorder. The specialist will handle medication documentation, facilitate client groups, and ensure a safe living environment. Essential qualifications include a High School Diploma, empathy, and the ability to work independently. The role offers a pay rate of $22.28/hr and benefits such as health and dental contributions and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire).
• Three work-related professional references required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality direct care services are provided to clients.
• Responsible for medication documentation and self-administration monitoring.
• Facilitate client groups and document facilitation.

Skills

Ability to engage with clients

Strong organizational skills

Ability to work independently

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Description

The Awake Overnight Recovery Support Specialist supports the program by ensuring that quality direct care services are provided to the clients. The Recovery Support Specialist reports to the Program Director for regular supervision and assignments.

Location: Our Living and Recovering Community (LARC) program in Jamaica Plain, provides residential treatment programs for 24 men and women with substance use disorder. The program is three-to-nine months long and supports residents with co‑occurring conditions such as mental health and chronic health conditions.

Essential Functions:

• Act in accordance with Victory Programs, Inc.’s Standards of Excellence & Philosophy of Care at all times including maintaining professional ethics, boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Provide quality, empathetic customer service to the clients in the program.
• Ensure that when clients take medication, all policies and procedures are followed for assisting and monitoring the clients’ self‑administration of medication.
• Responsible for medication documentation, including counting controlled medication, documenting incoming medication and medication removal, signing off on medication as it is taken by the clients.
• Provide milieu coverage, including maintaining and assessing the integrity of the program’s therapeutic milieu, empowering clients to act in accordance with guidelines in the program; conduct rounds; answer phones and front door; and other duties as assigned.
• Ensure all policies and procedures related to maintaining a safe and appropriate residential environment are followed. This includes ensuring that the facility is safe, clean, and in a good state of repair; that fire escape routes are free of obstacles; and reporting facility concerns.
• Input client/program data in Electronic Health Records.
• Facilitate and/or co‑facilitate client groups and complete required group facilitation documentation.
• Provide referrals as needed.
• Staff are required to be awake for the entire shift.

Non‑Essential Functions:

• Participate and support the agency in program events, State House rallies, fundraising and advocacy events, rallies, walks and any additional functions.
• Perform any other duty or task that may be requested from time to time by your supervisor or their designee.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as a member of a professional team.
• Ability to engage with clients in an instructive, directive, and compassionate manner.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and drug cultures, age groups, religion, country of origin, disability and economic status.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire)
• Completed TB screening (may be obtained upon hire)
• Three work‑related professional references; at least 2 from manager or supervisor.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the field of addiction or mental health.
• Knowledge of the addiction recovery process or willingness to acquire it within the first six months of employment.
• Strong organizational and record‑keeping skills.

Position Type: Part‑time (16 hours) Friday & Saturday 11pm‑7am. On site

Rate: $22.28/hr

Victory Programs values a diverse workforce, as we collectively seek to create welcoming, inclusive and accessible environments for our employees and the people we serve. We strive to sustain healthy, functioning communities that respect and celebrate different experiences, identities, cultures and ideas.

Our benefit program includes a 75% health and 25% dental employer premium contribution, 100% employer paid disability and life insurance. Victory Programs offers a generous paid time off package to all employees including vacation, sick, and personal time as well as holidays. Upon hire, all staff are entitled to up to: 4 personal days, 160 sick hours, 10 holidays and 3 1/2 weeks of vacation. These figures adjust based on full time or part time status and allocated vacation time increases with length of employment.