What are the responsibilities and job description for the Driver/Co-Occurring Recovery Support Specialist position at Victory Programs, Inc.?
The Driver/Co-Occurring Recovery Support Specialist is responsible for the health, safety, and quality of life in a residential program for 16 women in recovery, with severe mental health and substance use disorders. The Driver/Co-Occurring Recovery Support Specialist supports the program by providing direct care to the clients, running groups, ensuring that the clients take their medication, driving clients to appointments, and assisting with service planning.
Typical functions include:
- Provide quality, empathetic customer service to the clients in the program.
- Drives clients to appointments as needed.
- Understand and implement a harm reduction philosophy
- Provide supportive and trauma-informed environment to women in recovery who have dual diagnoses (mental health and substance use).
- Ensure that when clients take medication, all policies and procedures are followed for assisting and monitoring the clients’ self-administration of medication.
- Perform interventions with clients utilizing a motivational interviewing/strength-based perspective.
- Responsible for medication documentation, including: counting controlled medication, documenting incoming medication and medication removal, signing off on medication as it is taken by the clients.
- Provide milieu coverage, including: monitoring and assessing the integrity of the program’s therapeutic milieu, empowering clients to act in accordance with guidelines in the program; conduct rounds; answer phones and front door; monitor clients signing in and out; distribute linen, etc.
- Enforce all policies and procedures of Victory Programs, Inc.
- Ensure all policies and procedures related to maintaining a safe and appropriate residential environment. This includes ensuring that the facility is safe, clean, and in a good state of repair; that fire escape routes are free of obstacles; and reporting facility concerns.
- Input client/program data in Electronic Health Records.
- Conduct groups for the clients, including psychoeducational groups and recovery groups, as appropriate/needed.
- Provide referrals as needed.
- Participate with clinical team, including assessing clients’ behaviors, assisting with clients’ treatment goals, and intervening as needed.
- Communicate to program staff any information specific to management and maintenance of facility that occurs during the shift.
- Perform other duties or tasks that may be requested by a Supervisor or other designated personnel.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 1-2 years’ experience providing direct care to individuals with co-occurring/mental health. Substance use and residential treatment experience is preferred.
- Must be at least 25 years of age, with a valid Massachusetts Driver’s license with a positive point rating of 98. 99, 00. 01, 02 or 03.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; BA/AA preferred.
- Strong understanding of mental health
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively as a member of a professional team.
- Ability to engage with clients in an instructive, directive, yet compassionate manner.
- Proficient computer skills, including the use of Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully in multi-cultural settings with diverse client groups.
- Strong organizational and record-keeping skills.
*** Victory Programs requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Individuals may request exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons.
Schedule: Monday-Friday 7am-3pm
Rate: $17.93/hour
Victory Programs has helped individuals and families in crisis for 45 years. Thousands turn to us yearly for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. Most struggle with homelessness, substance use and mental health, and many live with HIV/AIDS. Our team of more than 200 staff across 19 programs works with people to develop and execute creative, safe solutions to the very real challenges our clients face.
Women's Hope COE is a brand new residential treatment program for women dealing with substance use and moderate to severe mental health conditions located in Jamaica Plain. Our program can currently serve up to 16 women and provides residents with a bridge between treatment and re-integration into community living as they move through their own substance and mental health recovery.
Our benefit program is best in the industry with a 75% health and 25% dental employer premium contribution, 100% employer paid disability and life insurances, 19 days of earned time in your first year, tuition remission, and a retirement savings opportunity.
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