Title: Residential Recovery Specialist

Reports to: Program Coordinator

Department: Residential

Classification: Non-Exempt; Union

Date Created/Reviewed: 03/13, 11/14, 04/17, 04/18, 08/21, 03/22, 4/23, 7/24

Organization Overview:

Sound Community Services, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, assisting, and supporting individuals with persistent mental illness and substance use disorders. We work tirelessly to create a culture and environment in which recovery and wellness are possible.

Position Overview:

The Residential Recovery Specialist position provides direct oversight and support services, both psychological and social to chronically mentally disabled and/or co-occurring clients who are making the transition from institutional care to an independent living setting in accordance with the treatment plan.

Essential Functions:

• 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 on a daily basis 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.
• Ability to life a minimum of 10 lbs.
• Ability to sit, stand, uses hands to finger, handle feel objects, tools or controls, climb stairs, frequent walking, talking and listening.
• Ability to utilize agency vehicles.
• Complete safety checks as required.
• Completes nightly phone calls to Steady Care as scheduled.
• File all paperwork as scheduled.
• Maintain cleanliness of the office on a daily basis which includes but is not limited to vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, mopping, disinfecting, and removing trash.
• All other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and climb stairs. The employee frequently is required to walk, talk and/or hear; Speaking and ability sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or person at normal volumes; Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc. The employee is occasionally required to stand and climb or balance.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move  up to  25lbs.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications:

High  School  diploma  (or  equivalent)  with  a  minimum  of  one  (1)  year  of  behavioral  health/human  services related  experience required;  an  Associate’s  degree,  or  higher,  in  a  related  field  is  preferred;  previous experience  must  include  working  with  individuals  who  have  a  mental  health  and/or  substance  use diagnosis; 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.

Sound Community Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/, military status or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE, M/F/D/V