Recovery Support OORP (3499)

Center for Family Services; Washington, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Center for Family Services in Washington, NJ is seeking a Relief Recovery Support Coach/Recovery Specialist to provide non-clinical recovery assistance. The role emphasizes sharing recovery experiences and building peer relationships, connecting clients to social, spiritual, and peer supports to improve quality of life.

The RS will engage individuals post-opioid overdose to access appropriate treatment, coordinate resources, and support ongoing recovery across health, housing, employment, and

Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years demonstrated personal recovery experience.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in recovery principles to help individuals improve health and live a self-directed life.
• Bilingual Spanish/English desirable.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of community/recovery resources.
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently.
• Understanding of relapse prevention and harm reduction techniques.

Responsibilities

• Engage consumers with substance use disorders in Warren County hospitals.
• Respond to deployment requests within 60 minutes from call to hospital entry.
• Gather client information to complete necessary paperwork.
• Respond to emails within 24 hours.
• Provide bed-side intervention and crisis support for patients in withdrawal.
• Offer post-emergency room telephone follow-up up to 60 days.

Skills

Written communication

Bilingual Spanish/English

Interpersonal skills

Relapse prevention

Harm reduction

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Center for Family Services is looking for a Relief Recovery Support Coach.The role of the Recovery Specialist (RS) is to provide non-clinical servicesintended to aid individuals in establishing and maintaining individual recovery from addiction andmental illness. The RS must demonstrate an ability to share personal recovery experiences and todevelop authentic peer-to-peer relationships. The RS will help people who have been reversed form anopiate overdose through Narcan to engage in appropriate substance use disorder treatments. The RS willassist consumers in improving their quality of life through connecting them to social, spiritual, and peersupports.

Location

Washington, NJ

Job Type/Status

Fee for Service

Duties and Responsibilities

• Engage consumers who have a substance use disorder in the Warren County hospitals
• Respond to request for deployment within 60 minutes from call to hospital entry
• Gather client information to complete necessary paperwork required
• Respond to emails within 24 hours of communication
• Ability to fax, and use appropriate appliances in hospital for the paperwork.Bedside intervention, ability to handle high crisis situation for patients who are in active withdrawal
• Provide post emergency room telephone contact to the consumer for up to 60 days to help client

navigate the early stages of recovery with the Patient Navigator, help clients navigate recovery support systems and access resourcesincluding health and wellness, housing, employment, and other professional and non-professional services

• Provide recovery education to service recipients for every phase of the recovery journey from

pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization and sustained recoverymaintenance

• Provide transportation assistance to and from aftercare treatment and support services
• Assist clients in feeling connected to a Community of Recovery through pro-social, recreational

and cultural activities in a sober environment

• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery,

educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professionalservices, etc) that support the recovering person's goals and interests. This will involve acollaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff and other relevant stakeholders

• Share personal recovery experiences and demonstrates and models effective coping techniques

and self-help strategies

• Help clients to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self,

personal problems, and client's part in creating them

• Support connections to community based, mutual self-help groups. Link individuals toappropriate professional resources when needed. Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community based activities (e.g. work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc)
• Provide clients with ongoing access to education regarding substance abuse, mental health,

HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, tobacco, nutrition and exercise and other health and wellness information

• Educate and support clients in implementing a range of relapse prevention and harm-reduction

strategies

• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure client needs are met
• Actively participate in supervision with Supervisor
• All staff are expected to abide by all Agency Policies and Procedures
• Recovery Specialists are expected to abide by Program Policies and Procedures
• Recovery Specialists must abide by Policies and Procedures for "warm handoff" personnel at

each off site entity (ie hospital)

• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum 2 years demonstrated personal recovery experience
• Minimum 2 years' experience in the guiding principles of recovery that assist individuals to improve their health, live a self-directed life and reach their full potential.
• Bilingual Spanish/English desirable
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Knowledge of community/recovery resources
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently
• Understanding of relapse prevention and harm reduction techniques
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Valid Driver's License
• Ability to meet the physical and training requirements of the position
• Ability to commit to 3 shifts per month for On-Call shifts
• Ability to attend required supervision group meetings twice a month
• Ability to attend education trainings throughout the year
• Must complete the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Training by October 2021.

Disclaimer

Many positions require motor vehicle record evaluations and medical clearances. Center For Family Services is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries and excellent benefits packages.