Recovery Support Specialist - CST

Hoyleton Youth & Family Services; Fairview Heights (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance with HSA

Dental and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick, and personal days

Holidays and floating holiday

Cell phone reimbursement

Parental leave

Retirement plan with employer match

Life insurance

Supplemental benefits options

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition reimbursement

BenefitHub Perks Program

Job summary

Hoyleton Youth & Family Services is seeking a Recovery Support Specialist to support children and adults with complex mental health and social needs within a Behavioral Health Team. The role emphasizes using lived experience to build rapport, provide resourceful information, and support successful self-recovery across diverse settings.

The position includes follow-up support, client screenings and documentation, and education for community stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Excellent engagement skills.
• Willingness and ability to flex schedule as program needs change.
• Must possess the knowledge, personal qualities and practice skills to work effectively with professionals from other organizations and from other disciplines and to provide services in a manner that reflects understanding and appreciation of multiculturalism.
• Must meet DCFS/CANTS Clearance Requirements.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and maintain proof of automobile insurance.

Responsibilities

• Utilize lived experience to build rapport with clients in need of Behavioral Health services.
• Assist with creating a crisis recovery plan.
• Engage family, as needed, to educate them about self-care and how to provide support to loved ones.
• With team members, respond immediately to screen an individual’s needs and assist the individual in receiving the appropriate level of care.
• Communicate effectively within a team environment to meet the needs of those experiencing behavioral health crises
• Provide brief therapeutic interventions as follow-up support to all who have engaged with our Behavioral Health team.
• Complete screenings, assessments, and other necessary clinical documentation.
• Maintain compliance with COA and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Assist individuals in becoming involved in their own mental health and / or substance abuse recovery process so they might develop personalized action plans for their own mental, emotional, physical, and social health.
• Work across departments to collaborate on suicide prevention practices
• Conduct outreach and community engagement to educate community members about recovery and services offered at Hoyleton.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Interpersonal communication

Written communication

Engagement skills

Flexibility

Multicultural competence

DCFS/CANTS clearance

Age 21+

Driver's license

Education

Personal lived experience

Certified Recovery Support Specialist within 1 year

Multidisciplinary team experience

Mobile crisis response experience preferred

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Clinical Supervisor, the Recovery Support Specialist serves as part of the Behavioral Health Team to help establish rapport, share experiences and strengthen engagement with children and adults experiencing complex mental health and social needs. The individual in this role will provide clients with resourceful information and support in a variety of settings. The Recovery Support Specialist will model competence to their clients, through their own personal experiences, in successful self-recovery. Provides follow-up support to all clients encountered through the program and education to community stakeholders.

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Clinical Supervisor, the Recovery Support Specialist serves as part of the Behavioral Health Team to help establish rapport, share experiences and strengthen engagement with children and adults experiencing complex mental health and social needs. The individual in this role will provide clients with resourceful information and support in a variety of settings. The Recovery Support Specialist will model competence to their clients, through their own personal experiences, in successful self-recovery. Provides follow-up support to all clients encountered through the program and education to community stakeholders.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Utilize lived experience to build rapport with clients in need of Behavioral Health services.
• Assist with creating a crisis recovery plan.
• Engage family, as needed, to educate them about self-care and how to provide support to loved ones.
• With team members, respond immediately to screen an individual’s needs and assist the individual in receiving the appropriate level of care.
• Communicate effectively within a team environment to meet the needs of those experiencing behavioral health crises
• Provide brief therapeutic interventions as follow-up support to all who have engaged with our Behavioral Health team.
• Complete screenings, assessments, and other necessary clinical documentation.
• Maintain compliance with COA and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Ensure that all documentation is completed in a timely and accurately.
• Assist individuals in becoming involved in their own mental health and / or substance abuse recovery process so they might develop personalized action plans for their own mental, emotional, physical, and social health.
• Work across departments to collaborate on suicide prevention practices
• Conduct outreach and community engagement to educate community members about recovery and services offered at Hoyleton.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Excellent engagement skills.
• Willingness and ability to flex schedule as program needs change.
• Must possess the knowledge, personal qualities and practice skills to work effectively with professionals in other organizations and from other disciplines and to provide services in a manner that reflects understanding and appreciation of multiculturalism.
• Must meet DCFS/CANTS Clearance Requirements.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and maintain proof of automobile insurance.

Education And/Or Experience

• Must have personal lived experience.
• Have or obtain Certified Recovery Support Specialist status within one year of hire.
• The ability and willingness to actively participate in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary team environment.
• Previous mobile crisis response experience preferred

CARE & TCI

Hoyleton has adopted the CARE (Children and Residential Experience), developed by Cornell University, to guide our culture and practice. CARE is grounded in six core principles: Developmentally Focused, Family Involved, Relationship Based, Ecologically Oriented, Competence Centered, and Trauma Informed.

Completion of CARE and TCI training is an internal requirement for all staff and must be completed upon hire. Ongoing application of these principles is expected and essential to successful job performance.

TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention). Employees Must

• Pass the written test annually
• Pass the physical test every six months (if applicable to their role)

Consistent participation and application of both CARE and TCI principles drive company culture and are essential to job performance.

WORKING CONDITIONS

This position operates in a professional office, clinical, residential, community-based environment and may require travel to agency sites, client locations, partner organizations, based on role responsibilities.

The role involves periods of walking, standing, or sitting, and may occasionally require climbing stairs, bending, kneeling, or lifting materials up to 10 pounds depending on job duties.

Minimal exposure to environmental factors such as noise, dust, or varying indoor/outdoor temperatures may occur depending on program needs and client-related activities.

Benefits

• Medical insurance with company funded Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick, and personal days
• 10 company holidays and 1 floating holiday
• Monthly cell phone reimbursement
• 6 weeks paid parental leave
• 403(b) retirement plan with up to 5% employer match
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Optional supplemental benefits including: voluntary life, short-term disability, long-term disability, accident, and critical illness coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to employees and their household members for additional support
• Tuition reimbursement to encourage continued learning and growth
• BenefitHub Perks Program offering valuable employee discounts