Recovery Advocate - PRN

Cypress Lake Recovery; Woodville (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Cypress Lake Recovery in East Texas seeks a PRN On-Call Recovery Advocate to support residents on their healing journey in a residential setting.

You will lead didactic sessions, assist treatment teams, and help maintain safety and dignity for residents. This part-time, on-site role covers evenings and weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in behavioral health preferred.
• Ability to communicate with empathy and respect.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate lectures, workshops, and resident groups.
• Recognize and respond to crises or safety concerns.
• Read, interpret, and implement treatment plans.
• Coordinate recreational activities for residents.
• Provide supportive, empathetic guidance to residents.
• Conduct luggage and room searches as needed for safety.
• Attend Treatment Team meetings.
• Maintain accurate EMR charting.
• Assist with basic housekeeping duties during shift.
• Monitor resident safety and respond to emergencies.
• Transport residents to appointments and errands.
• Assist with resident assignments as directed.

Skills

Resident rights

Trauma-informed care

Active listening

Non-judgmental communication

Cultural awareness

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Employee Type PT Non-Exempt

Description

Cypress Lake Recovery is a premier Residential Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in East Texas , offering holistic care for drug and alcohol addiction

We are seeking a PRN (On-Call) Recovery Advocate to help support, guide, and encourage our residents on their path to healing.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitates didactic lectures, workshops, educational resident groups, and resident community meetings.
• Recognize, prevent, and respond to situations in which a resident may be a danger to self or others, behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner, may be experiencing a crisis situation or may be experiencing a medical emergency.
• Read, interpret, and implement client’s treatment plan.
• Coordinate recreational and social activities for residents within the milieu.
• Provides support and encouragement to residents, demonstrating warmth, empathy, and genuineness.
• Conducts luggage searched and room searches as necessary for safety.
• Attends and participates in Treatment Team meetings as requested.
• Maintains accurate and timely charting in the EMR system.
• Performs basic housekeeping duties during course of shift.
• Monitor and maintain the safety of residents, inclusive of removing pests and wildlife.
• Transport residents to and from the facility, appointments, and various other patient centered errands as needed.
• Assists with any resident assignments as directed.

JOB SKILLS AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of resident rights and provision of treatment that promotes resident dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
• Able to meet the unique needs of our resident population, taking into consideration diagnosis and trauma informed care.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with residents.
• Ability to communicate effectively, using non-judgmental words and behaviors, using person-centered language, and engages in active and reflective listening.
• Recognizes, respects, and adapts to diversity, differences, and cultural traditions of residents.
• Knowledge and application of confidentiality requirements and HIPAA.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in behavioral health preferred.