Recovery Specialist Bridge Clinic PT
: Job Details :

POSITION SUMMARYReports To: Manager/ Unit Director Training: HSFAC required, Zero Suicide training and CPI required Position Summary: The Recovery Specialist will engage individuals with a substance use disorder and provide non-clinical assistance and recovery supports while maintaining follow-up with these individuals. Duties and Responsibilities: Educates individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service and recovery support systems. Acts as positive role model to individuals and their families, by sharing experiential knowledge, hope and skills. Maintains relationships with individuals and families in order to assists individuals in the treatment engagement and retention process. Reinforces guides and ensures patients and their families that recovery is possible, and is built on multiple strengths, coping abilities, and resources of each individual. Assists survivors with gaining skills and resources needed to initiates and maintains recovery. Assists in establishing and sustain a social and physical environment supportive of recovery. Enhances identifies and participates in the recovery community. Advocates for appropriate and effective community treatment and recovery. Empowers individuals to make self-determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathways. Provides on-call coverage if need be Minimal Qualifications:Education: High school diploma required; Associates degree preferred. Valid NJ Driver's License required. Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in guiding principles of recovery. The above statement reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position