Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Purpose: To provide outreach, education and connections to community resources; assisting people to navigate systems to reduce or eliminate barriers to pursuing recovery

Principal Responsibilities:

• Conduct community outreach about substance use disorder and treatment/support options. Understand current public health and public safety needs within the community.

• Network with and recruit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and other community groups to become a part of an active locally based support network for people challenged by substance misuse.

• Engage individuals at the referral location, establish rapport with the individual, and assess needs to determine what services and support can be provided.

• Identify client’s wishes and develop an individualized strength-based plan, including navigating systems and connecting with resource to achieve their recovery goals, including exploring the full range of treatment options available to them.

• Connect individuals to all available resources and coordinate which existing services the individual is receiving to prevent duplicative efforts.

• Maintain contact with the client and/or other individuals or agencies for the purpose of meeting the goals and objectives defined in the case management plan. Contact may be face to face or via phone.
• Provide coordination and communication with individual’s support system, as needed.

• Maintain daily documentation and update data for both weekly and monthly reports.

Preparation, Experience and Skills:

• Recovery Coach with CCAR/CPRC/CADC and 3-5 years of experience in SUD field OR
• Associate degree in social work, psychology or related human service field with 1-3 years of relevant experience (preferred).
• Secure Community Health Worker (CHW) credential within first year of employment
• Strong preference for a person with three or more years of active, continuous recovery.
• Demonstrated competency in alcohol, drugs, substance use disorders and recovery, including a working knowledge of the SUD continuum of care and insurance.
• Demonstrate compassion, empathy, respect, flexibility, patience, persistence, and hope with all individuals served regardless of their level of need or stage of recovery.

• Adhere to established professional codes of ethics and standards of practice.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the need to identify, evaluate, and manage boundary issues effectively with an emphasis on modeling healthy boundaries.

• Excellent organizational skills, comfortable with technology (electronic medical record, Office365, etc)

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