Recovery Specialist - Addiction Services

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call coverage at county-based Emergency Departments and engage in non-clinical assistance and recovery supports for individuals reversed from an opioid overdose.
• Engage in providing recovery-based groups and individual sessions in the Burlington County Jail.
• Educate survivors using Evidence-Based Practices on navigating treatment, social service, and recovery support systems.
• Serve as a positive role model to survivors and their families, sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
• Maintain relationships with survivors and their families through in-person meetings or phone calls for a minimum of eight (8) weeks to assist in the treatment, engagement, and retention process.
• Reinforce, guide, and ensure survivors and their families that recovery is possible, built on multiple strengths, coping abilities, and resources of each individual.
• Aid survivors in acquiring skills and accessing resources necessary for initiating and maintaining recovery.
• Support survivors in establishing and sustaining a supportive social and physical environment for recovery.
• Advocate for appropriate and effective community treatment and recovery.
• Empower survivors to make self-determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathway.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with 2 years of experience in providing recovery support services.
• Bilingual proficiency and previous experience in providing formal peer services is preferred.
• Knowledge of recovery-based concepts and interventions.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Available to provide on-call support that includes weekend, evening, and overnight shifts.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Medical and dental insurance.
• Vision plan.
• Retailment plan.
• Flexible spending plans.

Time Benefits

• Excellent time benefits for qualified positions.
• Opportunity for personal and career growth, including supervision towards professional licensure for eligible candidates.
• Team-oriented environment practicing the FISH! Philosophy.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and 2 years of experience in providing recovery support services.
• Bilingual and previous experience in providing formal peer services is preferred.
• Knowledge of recovery-based concepts and interventions.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Available to provide on-call support that includes weekend, evening, and overnight shifts.

Programs Funded Through SAMHSA

• All positions must follow federal guidelines for a drug-free workplace.
• Pre-employment drug screening required.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oaks Integrated Care considers applicants for all positions without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; age; sexual orientation; marital or veteran status; the presence of a medical condition, genetic information or handicap, unrelated to performing the tasks of the job; or any other legally protected status.