Residential Recovery Specialist - Shaw Street Program
Sound Community Services, Inc.
- New London, CT
- $18.54 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Provide daily oversight to all resident involved in the program
- Monitor resident’s administering medications as scheduled
- Completing a daily schedule in the electronic medical record
- Completing daily documentation as required by the program
- Provide feedback for treatment team meetings as required.
- Facilitate monthly activities and groups based on life skills assessments
- Complete apartment checks to ensure residents are maintaining cleanliness/upkeep of the apartment
- Assist residents on developing daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, transportation, budgeting, personal hygiene, sex education, and other areas.
- Report all changes in behavior or mental state to appropriate team members (i.e. case manager, Program Coordinator, etc.).
- Complete active discharge planning with the residents as needed with direction from the case manager or designee.
- Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques and other techniques to enhance resident’s success of recovery.
- Provide transportation to appointments or scheduled activities.
- Participate and facilitate all safety drills
- Report all maintenance, environment, or emergency situations to appropriate people (landlord, Program Coordinator, AOC, MOT).
- Ability to navigate self in every resident’s electronic client record
- Manage caseload daily which includes but not limited to Positive Rewards, activities, mentoring, d/c planning notes, and other ADL skills.
- Provide direct feedback to case manager, or designee, as required to ensure that proper treatment and support is being provided.
- Operate agency vehicles in accordance with agency, state, and federal regulations
- Complete safety checks as required.
- Completes nightly phone calls to Steady Care as scheduled.
- File all paperwork as scheduled.
- Maintain cleanliness of the office daily which includes but is not limited to vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, mopping, disinfecting, and removing trash.
- Build rapport with residents and AXS participants
- Ensure individual support plan is implemented in such areas as: daily living skills, education/employment, social supports, health, mental health, addictions, housing, physical health, harm reduction, leisure and recreation, etc.
- Connect young people to community resources
- Work collaboratively with community agencies
- Advocate for all young people involved in the AXS program
- Collaborate and consult regarding strategies in supporting young people to achieve their goals
- Identify potential crisis/implementing support and safety plans
- Respond to crises as they arise
- Report all crises to the Program Coordinator, or designee, in a timely manner
- Additional duties, as assigned.
- High School diploma (or equivalent) required; a degree or other higher education preferred
- Minimum of one (1) year of behavioral health/human services related experience required
- Previous experience working with individuals 18 to 25 years old who have a mental health and/or substance use diagnosis is preferred
- Custodial care will not be counted as experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required
- Must be competent user of technology including e-mail, agency intranet, and the electronic client record
- Current, valid driver’s license required
- Candidate must be CPR/First Aid certified or eligible.
- Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and climb stairs
- Regularly required to walk, talk and/or hear
- Speaking and hearing ability should be sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes
- Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include the ability to adjust focus
- Occasionally required to stand and climb or balance
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs
- Generous PTO package includes:
- 13 paid federal holidays annually
- 5 paid personal/floating holidays annually
- Sick time
- Up to 20 Vacation days per year!!
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Company-paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- 401K Available
- Opt-in benefits available: Aflac, Pet Insurance, Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
- Plus, Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance!
- Tuition Reimbursement Programs available!