Recovery Support Specialist I: Medicated Assisted Treatment
Location: Willimantic, CT
Employment Type: Full-time, 40 hours/wk
Company: CHR
The RSS in this position is responsible for:
- Conducts Psychosocial Screens, LOCUS, Co-occurring Screens and Functional Assessments.
- Collaborates with individuals to create individualized, person-centered treatment plans and
documents clients progress during treatment. - Use Motivational Interventions to assist clients in meeting their goals and moving along their
paths to recovery, utilizing stage wise interventions - Provide psycho-educational rehabilitation services group and individual for recovery from
psychiatric and substance abuse disorders - Support individual with linking and engaging with natural (family, friends) or community supports
- Develop crisis plans(WRAP) for clients and work with other staff to respond to crisis situations as
needed - Provide skills teaching, such as assisting clients in obtaining/ maintaining housing and utilities;
learning how to use transportation services, planning and preparing nutritional meals, engage and
communicate with family and friends, be safe in the community, care for children and other family
members, and solve everyday problems that arise. - Provide skill building interventions and support for self-management, self-advocacy, health and
well-being, relapse prevention, and using community resources - Participate in family education and support activities
- Assist clients to identify and combat negative self-talk. Utilize personal lived experience in
Recovery to model hope for clients - Maintains documentation in compliance with agency and program standards.
- Participates in staff meetings, supervision, trainings and other meetings as assigned.
- Additional duties as required.