Recovery Specialist
**Most positions offer a sign on bonus**
Join a group of talented, dedicated and diverse employees at an innovative agency with over 45 years of providing compassionate, client-centered behavioral health care!
We offer a competitive benefit package:
- Medical and Dental insurance coverage
- Licensure reimbursement
- NHSC/HRSA loan repayment program
- 12 paid holidays + Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Potential bonuses
- Life insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Flexible savings account
Entry level
Summary: Serves as case manager to support, teach, advocate, and empower clients with mental health, medical and Substance Use needs. This includes developing person-centered recovery goals to live, learn, socialize, work and maintain health and wellness in the community.
Essential Responsibilities and Target Outcomes: • Provides advocacy, support and guidance with contacting external organizations (Social Security, DSS, DCF, DMHAS, etc). • Educates clients to utilize emergency and community resources to help meet basic needs. • Works with clients to teach life skills necessary to live independently in the community. This includes assisting with finances and entitlements, supporting the development of activities of daily living, nutrition, housing maintenance and repair, and prompting to encourage task completion. • Collaborates and integrates with other CMHA teams to ensure all services provided to client are communicated with clients whole treatment team • Assures timely documentation is maintained in accordance with CMHA policies and procedures, including but not limited to progress notes, treatment plans, authorizations, program orientation, and consent to treat, activity logs, and monthly targeted case management notes. Maintains appropriate caseload as determined by CMHA and funder • Performs other related duties as assigned.
$18-23 per hour