Collegiate Recovery Coordinator
About the role
The Center for Campus Wellness (CCW) is a comprehensive wellness office that provides a range of services including wellness education, victim-survivor advocacy, safer sex services, alcohol and other drug support, wellness coaching, basic needs support, resource navigation, and student involvement opportunities.
Responsibilities
Program development and delivery: Support the CCW's mission and values by developing and implementing RU initiatives, programs, and services. Recruit, welcome, and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and vibrant recovery community centered in harm reduction.
Service Delivery: Assist with the facilitation of services including: confidential HIV/STI testing clinics and sexual wellness counseling program. Facilitate the distribution of barrier methods, emergency contraception, and pregnancy tests to students. Provide Wellness Coaching and Harm Reduction Coaching to students. Provide Naloxone training to staff and students. Facilitate SMART Recovery meetings.
Mentorship, training, and support of student staff: Supervise and mentor RU student staff. Serve as Advisor to RSOs that support students in recovery.
Partnerships and collaboration: Assist students who are in relapse, seeking recovery and/or presenting with substance use/misuse concerns by connecting them to appropriate campus and/or community agencies. Coordinate space for campus and/or community based mutual aid support and psychoeducational groups such as AA, NA, ACOA, ALANON, OA, CODA, refuge recovery, smart recovery and other groups requested by students. Collaborate with campus and community departments and members to develop programs that improve retention and support students in recovery or who are seeking recovery.
Program evaluation: Assess health education needs, trends and program impacts using appropriate assessment tools; including using primary and secondary data sources.
Training and professional development: Participate in mandatory on the job training and continuing education, including Naloxone training, B.A.S.I.C.S/Harm Reduction Coaching, Health & Wellness Coaching, and STI Risk Assessment/Counseling training. Understand and comply with confidentiality related policy and procedure (i.e., Utah Confidential Communications Act, FERPA).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for one year of related work experience)
- One year directly related experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze and make decisions related to program content
- Strong coordination and organizational skills required to prioritize conflicting deadlines
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills are also required