Community-Based Behavioral Health Recovery Coach

Resources for Human Development; Quakertown (Bucks County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package

Generous PTO Plan

Free Virtual Fitness Classes

Job summary

Resources for Human Development in Quakertown, PA seeks a Community Recovery Specialist to support residents in a 10-bed long-term psychiatric unit, 7am-3pm, full-time. The role focuses on building independent living skills, coordinating transportation, appointments, and community integration.

The CRS works within Psychiatric Rehabilitation principles, documents activities, attends team meetings, and ensures compliance with procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, High School Diploma required
• Current and valid driver’s license
• Criminal record clearances, as dictated by the assigned programs
• Minimum of three years’ experience working directly with individuals diagnosed with mental health or IDD

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents in skill building with a focus on independent living; employment, education, money management, medication management, transportation, meal preparation, shopping for household goods, site cleanliness, housing searches, roommate matching and social skills development.
• Assisting residents with appointments and transporting them to medical appointments.
• Focusing on Psychiatric Rehabilitation principles while implementing the phase system, service planning, skill building, goal planning and community integration.
• Completion of documentation required for groups and individual outings.
• Attending weekly team meetings, engaging in supervision with site lead (minimum once a month), attending monthly all staff meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with all programmatic and corporate procedures and protocols as they apply to staff, residents, and the program.
• Conducting oneself in a manner that exemplifies professionalism, fairness and compassion at all times.
• CRS should have a minimum of a high school diploma. Preferred experience in health care/mental health care industry.
• All other duties as directed.

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Resources for Human Development in Quakertown, PA seeks a Community Recovery Specialist to support residents in a 10-bed long-term psychiatric unit, 7am-3pm, full-time. The role focuses on building independent living skills, coordinating transportation, appointments, and community integration.

The CRS works within Psychiatric Rehabilitation principles, documents activities, attends team meetings, and ensures compliance with procedures.