Recovery Engagement Specialist

About the Role

Provides support services, information, education, and support for clients, promoting wellness, recovery, and skill building to sustain better health. Delivers prevention training for managing stress, making healthy lifestyle choices, recognizing and responding to relapse, managing crisis, and achieving recovery. Assists clients with personal recovery goals, helps develop natural support systems, and coaches clients to advocate for themselves within healthcare systems. Implements evidence-informed wellness interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provides group or individual training/interventions focusing on improvement of the client’s functioning and health-related issues (e.g., symptom/medication management, life skills, healthy eating, weight management, smoking cessation, recognizing the dangers of alcohol and other drugs, community reintegration).
• Assists clients with developing their Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).
• Provides wellness consultation and works in collaboration with clients, family members, and other providers to implement plans.
• Empowers clients to self-manage chronic health conditions and solidify wellness goals using motivational interviewing.
• Assists clients in overcoming barriers to goals, including access to care, and helps navigate healthcare systems.
• Links clients to community-based social support/services and develops collaborative relationships with other departments and agencies.
• Provides ongoing case management services, including assessment, planning, linking, monitoring, referral, and advocacy.
• Provides transportation assistance to help clients achieve and maintain wellness goals.
• Conducts intake for clients entering services, including explaining services, gathering information, ensuring understanding of forms, and submitting materials for processing.
• Conducts assessments and writes assessment summaries.
• Assists clients in making discharge plans and provides follow-up services.

Requirements

• Minimum of 21 years of age per funding requirements.
• Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree in human services preferred. Education/experience equivalency may be considered.
• Two years of relevant experience working in the human services field, including personal recovery experience (self or family).
• SUPR-funded positions require 1 year of recovery experience.
• WRAP facilitator certification preferred within twelve months of accepting the position.

Skills

• Effective communication via written, verbal, in-person, and virtual methods.
• Knowledge of community resources and ability to instruct clients in basic independent living skills.
• Customer service and problem-solving skills.

Physical Requirements

• Standing: 20% of the time
• Sitting: 80% of the time
• Squatting, driving, kneeling, lifting, and bending: occasional

Pay

$16.50–$23.10 per hour

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• 403b retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off and ten paid holidays
• AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (company paid)
• Employee Resource Groups
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

Time Type: Full time