Certified Recovery Mentor I

BestCare; Madras (OR); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BestCare in Madras, Oregon seeks a compassionate Certified Recovery Mentor to support adult females in a rural outpatient program. The CRM provides non-clinical support, facilitates classes and groups, and collaborates with the SUD Treatment Team.

You will engage clients through outreach, transportation, and recovery coaching, helping them connect to resources and maintain engagement in recovery.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Must have personal lived experience with Substance Use Disorder
• Must have maintained continuous recovery for the previous two years at hire

Responsibilities

• Participates and provides recovery coaching to people involved with BestCare Treatment Services.
• Makes regular telephone contact and outreach to engage clients in treatment services.
• Provides client transportation to treatment services/appointments as needed.
• Provides recovery coaching for clients during activities.
• Attends sober support meetings or other sober activities with clients.
• Helps monitor and stay connected to clients in residential/detox to reengage after discharge.
• Remains connected to clients in 12‑Step meetings and clean/sober activities.
• Provides case management referrals to resources (Food Bank, housing, healthcare, education).
• Assists with group prep and cleanup, and supports clinicians in groups.
• Helps clients develop non-using recovery activities and maintains case notes in EHR.
• Assists with UA drug testing and completes attendance/report forms.

Skills

Recovery coaching

Education

High School Diploma (or equivalent)

Job description

Description

Join Our Team as a Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM):

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) to support adult females in a dynamic rural outpatient program located in Madras / Jefferson County, Oregon. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals on their recovery journey while working in a collaborative and supportive environment.

JOB SUMMARY:

Recovery Mentors are a critical part of the SUD Treatment Team and work with SUD clients who are attempting to engage in recovery or in early stages of recovery. The majority of clients who are assigned Recovery Mentor services are involved in our intensive outpatient/Day Treatment program; some clients may be waiting for a residential treatment bed to come open or be stepping down from residential treatment into the Day Treatment program. Recovery Mentors are not counselors or clinicians but provide supports to clients that counselors are not able to offer. The Recovery Mentor works with their Supervisor to design and implement education, referral, and parent components of the program. The Recovery Mentor is responsible for helping to facilitate classes and support groups along with group activities. They will maintain a personal recovery program, if applicable, as well as model recovery‑appropriate behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma (or equivalent)
• Must have personal lived experience with Substance Use Disorder
• Must have maintained continuous recovery for the previous two (2) years at the time of hire

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Requires CRM‑I certification or eligibility/commitment to obtain within 30 days of hiring
• Requires PSS or other THW certification or ability/commitment to obtain within 30 days of hiring
• Current CPR and First Aid certification, or ability and commitment to obtain within 60 days of hiring
• Must maintain a valid Oregon Driver License or ability to obtain one upon hire, and be insurable under the organization’s auto liability coverage policy (minimum 21 years of age and with no Type A violations in the past 3 years, or three (3) or more Type B violations)

PREFERRED:

• Bilingual in English/Spanish a plus
• Previous training, experience, or knowledge of treatment in the disease of addiction is preferred

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Participates and provides recovery coaching to people involved with BestCare Treatment Services using the following methods for engagement with clients:
• Makes regular telephone contact which may include talking with clients who need support and are feeling prone to relapse; reminder calls to clients who are scheduled for assessments, groups, individual sessions; doing outreach to client who miss group or individual services to attempt to reengage them in treatment services;
• Provides client transportation (when approved by supervisor): taking clients to/from treatment services/appointments, transport to detox or residential treatment, and other appointments when it is determined to be helpful by the primary clinician or treatment team;
• Provides recovery coaching for clients during activities;
• Makes home visits on a limited basis, with supervisor approval;
• Attend sober support meetings, or other sober activities, in the community with clients.
• Helps monitor and stay connected to clients who are in residential (and detox) to help with reengagement upon discharge;
• Takes individuals or groups of clients to 12‑Step meetings and/or clean and sober activities as appropriate;
• Provides case management services including referrals to various resources (i.e. Food Bank, primary care/medical services, education entities, housing resources, etc.);
• Assists prep and clean‑up for evening groups as needed;
• Provides individual, couples, and family support;
• Helping clinicians in groups at the office, jail, etc. Providing back‑up in groups and other treatment activities;
• Helping clients develop and connect to non‑using recovery activities (how to have fun clean and sober);
• Maintains case notes of client contact within agency documentation timelines in the electronic health record system (EHR);
• Assists the SUD team with UA drug testing if needed;
• Completes attendance sheets, required report forms, and reports client participation to Supervisor;
• Other related duties as assigned by supervisor or Program Manager.