CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY COACH

UHS; North Stonington (CT); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay $26/hr

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Tuition savings

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Stonington Institute, a division of Universal Health Services, is hiring a Certified Peer Recovery Coach for our North Stonington, CT location. The role focuses on clinically based peer support in detox, helping clients access recovery resources and plan for aftercare.

You will engage clients in individual and group sessions, develop recovery skills, and coordinate with care teams to ensure progress and data entry for treatment eligibility.

Qualifications

• Certified Recovery Coach in CT required.
• High school diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Meets with each client for individual check-in to assist with recovery and relapse prevention goals.
• Assists Clinical Care Coordinators with planning for Detox clients, documenting progress daily on approved forms and discharge checklists.
• Maintains awareness of step-down programming and community self-help services to help clients navigate resources.
• Provides assistance in de-escalation and/or crisis situations with clinically based peer support.

Skills

Certified Recovery Coach

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Responsibilities

Are you caring, compassionate and hardworking? Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development.

Stonington Institute, a division of one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), has an immediate opening for a Certified Peer Recovery Coach. UHS is a Fortune 500 corporation and in 2017 was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune.

Stonington Institute is committed to providing quality substance abuse treatment options for adultsin southeastern Connecticut and surrounding areas. We offermedical detox aswell as residential addictions treatment for active duty and retired military service members in our North Stonington location. Our clinic in Groton, CT, offers partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment, and is conveniently located across the street from The Inn at Trails Corner, a new 180 bed dormitory-style sober community for adult men and women who attend our outpatient day treatment programs. The Inn offers overnight accommodations, full-meal service, indoor/outdoor recreation options, a workout room, and computer center for all clients. We accept private insurance, state-funded plans and self-pay arrangements.

Website: Stonington Institute | Behavioral Health North Stonington CT

Position Summary

The primary role of the Certified Peer Recovery Coach is to provide clinically based peer support to each client in Detox. The Certified Peer Recovery Coach will help individuals in detox to create their own recovery paths by providing individual and group sessions. They will familiarize him/herself with community-based resources and use that knowledge to assist clients in accessing appropriate aftercare planning. The Certified Peer Recovery Coach meets with clients to provide recovery-based activities directly related to skill development, engagement in treatment, discharge planning from Detox and is responsible for routinely collecting and entering data, specific to treatment eligibility.

Essential Job Duties

• Meets with each client for individual check in to assist with recovery and/or relapse prevention skill development and to assist clients to make progress related to their own treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Assists the Clinical Care Coordinators with completing discussed planning for each client admitted to the Detox Program, documenting progress daily on approved forms and assuring completion of Discharge Checklists, “Risk of Overdose” Form, Basis 32, and Satisfaction Survey for each client.
• Maintains current awareness of step-down programming and community self-help services to help clients navigate resources in collaboration with the Clinical Care Coordinator.
• Provides assistance in de-escalation and/or crisis situations with clinically based peer support.

Stonington Institute employees receive great opportunities.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation $26.00/hr
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• Pet Insurance
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

High School Diploma Required

Must be a Certified Recovery Coach in the state of CT

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.