About this position
Second shift (includes weekends)
Position Summary
The Recovery Technician will promote a therapeutic environment that is trauma-informed and recovery-oriented. Responds to daily needs of residents in a long-term recovery residents, assisting with daily living skills and recovery needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Serves as the clinical support person to residents
- Promotes a calm, safe environment that supports a fundamental respect for all individuals, that enhances the resident's overall experience and provides a safe and respectful person-centered model of care.
- Facilitates interpersonal competencies such as learning adaptive coping, interaction, and relationship skills.
- Functions as a role model for residents to show ways to effectively relate to others, to get one's needs met, to enhance/develop social competencies and interpersonal awareness.
- Works in collaboration with staff and the treatment team; communicates in a warm and empathetic manner.
- Ensures a compassionate, high quality, exemplary customer driven and trauma informed culture; validate the resident's needs and rights.
- Is mindful of times of increased activity or stress in the recovery residence to prevent escalation.
- Redirect unhealthy/risky behaviors on the spot by giving feedback and alternative strategies, de-escalate clients and in emergencies provide appropriate crisis intervention techniques to maintain clients in a least restricting manner.
- Provides direct treatment according to agency policy and procedures
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Associate degree in social work, psychology, or other mental health related field preferred; High School Diploma with experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Supports there being many pathways to recovery
- Willingness to partner with residents regardless of stage of change, seeking to demonstrate compassion and working to guide and evoke change.
- Knowledge of social determinants of health and recovery capital.
- Skills in advocacy, organization, and communication.
- Ability to effectively encourage interpersonal effectiveness and conflict management
- Handle with Care training
- Motivational Interviewing
- Willingness to travel as needed and work with residents
- Valid driver’s license and good driving record.
- Willingness to help with medication monitoring
Our Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Prescription Coverage
- Company Paid Life , AD&D and Disability Insurance
- Company match up to 4.5% for 401k.
- Generous PTO Plan, no wait period
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Unlimited employee referrals
- Paid holidays