Recovery Support Specialist

Victory Programs; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Victory Programs in Dorchester, MA is seeking a part-time Recovery Support Specialist to provide direct care and support to residents at Shepherd House. The role reports to the Program Director and includes medication assistance, group facilitation, and referrals, with a focus on compassionate, trauma-informed care.

The position runs 25 hours weekly, Monday through Friday, 6pm–11pm, on site. The team emphasizes standards of excellence, confidentiality, and collaborative care for women in

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as a member of a professional team.
• Ability to engage with clients in an instructive, directive, and compassionate manner.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire)
• Completed TB screening (may be obtained upon hire)
• Three work related professional references; at least 2 from manager or supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional ethics, boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Provide quality, empathetic customer service to the clients.
• Ensure medication self-administration policies are followed.
• Maintain medication documentation, including counting and signing off.
• Provide milieu coverage and rounds; answer phones/front door; other duties as assigned.
• Ensure a safe, clean residential environment and report facility concerns.
• Input client/program data in Electronic Health Records.
• Facilitate and/or co-facilitate client groups and complete documentation.
• Provide referrals as needed.

Skills

CPR certified

TB screening

Client engagement

Team cooperation

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Description

The

Job Type

Part-time

Description

The Recovery Support Specialist supports the program by ensuring that quality direct care services are provided to the clients. The Recovery Support Specialist reports to the Program Director for regular supervision and assignments.

Location: Shepherd House in Dorchester, provides residential treatment programs for 39 women with substance use disorder. The program is three-to-nine months long and helps support the residents with co-occurring conditions, such as mental health and chronic health conditions. Shepherd House also serves pregnant and postpartum women, as well as infants, allowing new mothers to continue their focus on recovery.

Essential Functions

• Act in accordance with Victory Programs, Inc.’s Standards of Excellence & Philosophy of Care at all times including maintaining professional ethics, boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Provide quality, empathetic customer service to the clients in the program.
• Ensure that when clients take medication, all policies and procedures are followed for assisting and monitoring the clients’ self-administration of medication.
• Responsible for medication documentation, including: counting controlled medication, documenting incoming medication and medication removal, signing off on medication as it is taken by the clients.
• Provide milieu coverage, including: maintaining and assessing the integrity of the program’s therapeutic milieu, empowering clients to act in accordance with guidelines in the program; conduct rounds; answer phones and front door; and other duties as assigned.
• Ensure all policies and procedures related to maintaining a safe and appropriate residential environment are followed. This includes ensuring that the facility is safe, clean, and in a good state of repair; that fire escape routes are free of obstacles; and reporting facility concerns.
• Input client/program data in Electronic Health Records.
• Facilitate and/or co-facilitate client groups and complete required group facilitation documentation.
• Provide referrals as needed.

Non-Essential Functions

• Participate and support the agency in program events, State House rallies, fundraising and advocacy events, rallies, walks and any additional functions.
• Perform any other duty or task that may be requested from time to time by your supervisor or their designee.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as a member of a professional team.
• Ability to engage with clients in an instructive, directive, and compassionate manner.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and drug cultures, age groups, religion, country of origin, disability and economic status.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire)
• Completed TB screening (may be obtained upon hire)
• Three work related professional references; at least 2 from manager or supervisor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the field of addiction or mental health.
• Knowledge of the addiction recovery process or willingness to acquire it within the first six months of employment.
• Strong organizational and record-keeping skills.

Position Type

Part-time (25 hours) Monday - Friday 6pm-11pm. On site.

Rate

$22.28/hr

Victory Programs values a diverse workforce, as we collectively seek to create welcoming, inclusive and accessible environments for our employees and the people we serve. We strive to sustain healthy, functioning communities that respect and celebrate different experiences, identities, cultures and ideas.

Victory Programs has helped individuals and families in crisis for over 45 years. Thousands turn to us yearly for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. Most struggle with homelessness, substance use and mental health, and many live with HIV/AIDS. Our team of more than 300 staff across over 30+ programs works with people to develop and execute creative, safe solutions to the very real challenges our clients face.

Our benefit program includes a 75% health and 25% dental employer premium contribution, 100% employer paid disability and life insurance. Victory Programs offers a generous paid time off package to employees working 20+ hours a week including vacation, sick, and personal time as well as holidays. Upon hire, employees working 20+ hours a week are entitled to up to: 4 personal days, 160 sick hours, 10 holidays and 3 1/2 weeks of vacation. These figures adjust based on full time or part time status and allocated vacation time increases with length of employment.

Salary Description

$22.28/hr