Recovery Support Specialist BH

About the role

The Recovery Support Specialist BH position at AID is designed for someone with lived experience in recovery from mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. The role aims to support the acquisition of experiential hours and participation in CRSS training modules to meet certification requirements. This position collaborates with Behavioral Health Treatment Teams to provide community support and psycho-social services.

Responsibilities

• Attend scheduled work hours and be flexible to meet client and program needs.
• Attend scheduled CRSS trainings and participate in CRSS team meetings.
• Observe the provision of direct services to individuals with BH concerns.
• Learn to utilize personal recovery experiences to offer peer support to clients while providing community support services.
• Learn how to ensure that care provided integrates all facets of clients’ lives.
• Affiliate with community support groups, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, and therapy groups.
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with appropriate staff to ensure coordinated care.
• Learn to provide services that promote the reduction of behavioral health dysfunction and increased community functioning.
• Maintain open and effective communication with agency and provider staff, family, and others.
• Promote awareness of mental health, both internally and externally.
• Create relationships with local mental health providers, community psychiatric hospitals, and other support services.
• Learn to function as an advocate ensuring protection of an individual's rights while providing a training element to empower persons with disabilities to understand and protect those rights.
• Acquire and maintain required trainings and certifications as well as any other trainings assigned by Manager.
• Learn to submit, in a timely and accurate fashion, billing, timesheets, mileage and other reports as required.
• Fulfill other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Service field preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications: CRSS (Certified Recovery Support Specialist) certification preferred, or certification requirements should be met within one year of hire, and certification obtained within 18 months (about 1 and a half years) and maintained throughout employment.
• Experience: Some mental health experience preferred, in recovery from mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder.
• Physical: Position requires ability to communicate in-person, telephone and in group settings. Requires frequent standing; walking; use of hands to handle or feel; and reaching with hands and arms.
• Equipment: Position operates in a professional office environment and off-site in various community settings. Role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, and filing cabinets.
• Additional Requirements: Flexibility to work evening hours, reliable means of transportation to and from work, ability to work with diverse populations, demonstrating cultural competency and community awareness, proficient in or experience in use of a variety of computer software applications, including Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.