Job Description
**** $1,000.00 Sign-On Bonus ($250.00 in first paycheck, $750.00 after successful completion of new-hire probationary period)!
Compensation: $18.54/hour
- Plus an additional $0.50/hour for all hours worked between 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM
- And, individuals who are bilingual in Spanish and English (proficiency test required) also earn an additional $0.50/hour!
COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE!
Full Time Employees Earn:
** Generous PTO package includes: **
13 paid federal holidays annually
5 paid personal/floating holidays annually
Sick time
- * Up to 20 Vacation days per year!! **
- * Company-paid Life Insurance **
- * Company-paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance **
401K Available
Opt-in benefits available: Aflac, Pet Insurance, Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
**Plus, Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance! **
Tuition Reimbursement Programs available!
Who We Are:
Sound Community Services, Inc. (SCSI) inspires hope by empowering our diverse community to find healing and growth!
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.
Who You Are:
Sound Community Services, Inc. is seeking team members whose mission is to display compassion, accountability, respect and excellence in our communities.
Position Overview :
Title: Residential Recovery Specialist
Department: Residential
Classification: Non-Exempt; Union
Schedule: Many schedule options available! Please see application to indicate your availability!
The Residential Recovery Specialist positionprovides direct oversight and support services, both psychological and socialto chronically mentally disabled and/or co-occurring clients who are making thetransition from institutional care to an independent living setting inaccordance with the treatment plan. A key area of focus is to connect withyoung people who are facing significant barriers in their lives. This rolerequires significant relationship building/engaging skills, the ability to meetyoung people where they are, and to support them to identify goals in an effortto make positive changes in their lives. This position requires a dynamicindividual with significant skills in the areas of advocacy, crisisintervention and conflict resolution.
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 daily 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.
Operate agency vehicles in accordance with agency, state, and federal regulations
Complete safety checks as required.
Completes nightly phone calls to Steady Care as scheduled.
File all paperwork as scheduled.
Maintain cleanliness of the office daily which includes but is not limited to vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, mopping, disinfecting, and removing trash.
Build rapport with residents and AXS participants
Ensure individual support plan is implemented in such areas as: daily living skills, education/employment, social supports, health, mental health, addictions, housing, physical health, harm reduction, leisure and recreation, etc.
Connect young people to community resources
Work collaboratively with community agencies
Advocate for all young people involved in the AXS program
Collaborate and consult regarding strategies in supporting young people to achieve their goals
Identify potential crisis/implementing support and safety plans
Respond to crises as they arise
Report all crises to the Program Coordinator, or designee, in a timely manner
Additional duties, as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
High School diploma (or equivalent) required; a degree or other higher education preferred
Minimum of one (1) year of behavioral health/human services related experience required
Previous experience working with individuals 18 to 25 years old who have a mental health and/or substance use diagnosis is preferred
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.
Physical Requirements:
Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and climb stairs
Regularly required to walk, talk and/or hear
Speaking and hearing ability should be sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes
Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include the ability to adjust focus
Occasionally required to stand and climb or balance
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
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/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law. Sound Community Services
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