Certified Recovery Specialist

Job description

Description The Certified Recovery Specialist position contributes to engaging individuals with substance use disorder, as well as facilitating recovery, resiliency, and enhancement of sobriety and wellness. Serves as a role model for recovery, for staff and clients/consumers. Help clients/consumers to reduce barriers that impede the recovery process, share lived experience and assist with resource coordination. Requirements: 1. Assists clients/consumers with setting and attaining personal recovery goals. 2. Work with agency staff to identify community supports and help clients/consumers understand how to utilize these resources in the recovery process. 3. Provides support resources, information and assists family members/support systems to understand possible warning signs, triggers, appropriate supportive responses, wellness measures, and the overall recovery process. 4. Models coping techniques, self-help strategies and reinforces the potential for recovery to clients/consumers. 5. Advocates on the clients/consumers behalf to the psychiatrist/psychologist/nurse/therapist by disclosing information related to consumers health/treatment. 6. Complete all required documentation for e...