Recovery Coach

Position Summary

Recovery Coach Technicians will provide client services to individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. Services will include social skills training, group counseling, parenting skills training, health promotion, crisis intervention, transportation, supportive employment counseling and other services depending on client need.

Essential Functions

• Assist clients in conducting meaningful daily activities, such as family care taking, job/employment preparation, interaction with and support of their children’s school activities, learning/enhancing independent living skills and finding community resources necessary to participate in society.
• Assist clients in developing their parenting skills by providing direction, guidance, and care for the children in the program. Provide supervision of children while clients are in treatment. Design and implement individual and group activities for the children.
• Maintain the cleanliness and safety of the program, prepares meals for the children when necessary.
• Support clients in their efforts to manage their addictions through abstaining from use of alcohol, illicit drugs, and non-prescribed medications. Help clients to make informed, healthy choices that support their physical and emotional well being.
• Support clients in their clinical, medical, faith-based, peer and family support, self-care and other treatments.
• Work one on one with clients to set goals towards achieving positive change as they define it for themselves, help assess progress in achieving personal goals, and assist clients redefine goals as indicated. Work with clients to remove barriers to achieving positive change.
• Assist in creating a supportive environment in which Recovery is an individually defined concept and all paths toward it are encouraged.
• Participate in individual and treatment team meetings and treatment team decisions.
• Follow all Maryville policies and procedures as well as standard operating procedures.
• Perform other work related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education/Experience

• Bachelor Degree in one of the fields referenced in DHS/DCFS Rule132.
• OR Bachelor’s Degrees in any other field with two years of experience in a mental health or recovery setting.
• OR High School Diploma with two years’ experience working in a residential, mental health or substance abuse setting.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Skills/Knowledge

• Successful completion of all staff education requirements including Pre-service training, training in NCI and CPR.
• Participation in scheduled speciality workshops on an assigned basis.
• Minimum of 20 hours advanced training/workshops on an annual basis.
• Computer proficiency.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) with clients, supervisors, coworkers, and support agencies.
• Must possess the ability to interact professionally and work effectively as a treatment team member.
• Possess a valid Driver’s License in compliance with the driving standards as identified on Form CFS-671. Able to drive a passenger van.

Critical Qualities

• Confidentiality - capable of maintaining the highest degree of confidentiality with regard to client and organizational information.
• Client Centered – capable of working with individuals to identify needs and priorities and facilitate positive change as a defined by the client.
• Motivated - capable of taking initiative and following a project through to completion. Capable of motivating others.
• Organized – capable of prioritizing needs, goals and objectives and documenting progress as indicated.
• Problem Solver – capable of thinking on the spot to resolve problem situations as they arise. Able to assess all relevant information, identify a range of options and make recommendations for resolution of problem situations

Physical Demands

• Required to sit, stand, walk, bend and drive for extended periods of time. Ability to walk up and down stairs.
• Required to lift, move objects weighing in excess of 40 pounds.
• Must possess ability to provide physical restraint to youth.
• Must have the visual, hearing and learning capabilities sufficient to perform the essential job functions as defined above.

Environment and Scheduling

• Perform work in Maryville program setting and other community settings as necessary.
• Duties involve contact with individuals who may be hostile, dangerous, threatening, aggressive, and suicidal and/or under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
• Must be flexible in scheduling and willing to work evening and weekend shifts.

Pay Rate: $22.88 per hour