Recovery Support Specialist

Position Overview

Responsibilities

• Makes security/safety checks throughout shift and documents patient activities
• Ensures patient safety and utilizes trauma-informed approaches
• Supports patients in daily activities and leads educational/recreational activities
• Facilitates psychoeducational and recovery-oriented programming
• Assists with crisis intervention and de-escalation
• Monitors patient behavior and safety
• Contributes to a structured, trauma-informed treatment environment
• Supports individualized patient care through therapeutic engagement, observation, and documentation
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary treatment team

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience of 1 year working in behavioral health and/or substance use disorder treatment preferred
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with all technology hardware, systems, and tools required to perform duties; training will be provided as needed
• Familiarity with behavior modification and 12-step modality
• Valid driver's license and a safe driving record (as applicable)
• Demonstrates concern for meeting internal and external customers' needs in a manner that provides satisfaction for the customer within the resources that can be made available
• Identifies problems, involves others in seeking solutions, and conducts appropriate analyses, searches for best solutions; responds quickly to new challenges
• Comfortable using a broad range of communication styles, and ability to choose appropriate, effective ways to communicate to different audiences in diverse situations
• Open to change and new information; adapts behavior and work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles
• Uses his or her time effectively and efficiently; concentrates his or her efforts on the most important priorities; adeptly manages several tasks at once
• Comfortable using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, tablets, and photocopiers
• Regularly lifts and/or moves objects up to 50 pounds