Certified Recovery Specialist

Comprehensive Benefits Package • Tuition Discounts • Career Advancement

THE CARE CENTER, INC.

Part-Time Position Available

Butler, PA Location

Overall Function:

Will provide person-centered services to persons receiving substance treatment and/or case management services to help them gain control over their recovery and community integration.

Essential Functions:

• Works with clients and their families, involved in substance treatment and/or case management services, to develop and implement their Individual Recovery/Service Plans.
• Offers guidance on the recovery experience, to include stage-appropriate recovery education.
• Assists clients in meeting their recovery goals by utilizing the phases of recovery: engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance.
• Educates consumers, family members, and professional staff about the recovery process; the damaging role that stigma can play in understanding recovery; and offers support related to obstacles that are often encountered during the early stages of recovery.
• Will provide individualized person-centered services/support to assigned clients.
• Provides vision-driven hope and encouragement regarding opportunities for varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (i.e., work, school, relationships, physician activities, and self-directed hobbies).
• Facilitates access to various community resources to ensure basic needs are met.
• Introduces and engages clients into the recovery community and monitors their recovery stability.
• Provides ongoing assistance for individuals in obtaining and/or maintaining services from multiple systems (e.g., mental health, CYS, criminal justice, etc.) and offers referrals to treatment services when necessary.
• Adheres to all policies, laws, regulations, and codes of ethics and confidentiality as outlined by federal and state laws, and agency policies and procedures.