01/11/2021
Position: Certified Recovery Specialist / Full-Time, Bethlehem Office.
Requirements: Valid CRS certification, valid driver’s license, insured and registered vehicle, ability to travel within the Lehigh Valley – this is a community based position, flexible hours to meet client availability (evening and weekend hours may be required), GED or High School Diploma.
Duties:
o Orients new clients to services, policies, and procedures.
o Advocates for individual and family needs with substance use professionals, doctors, mental health professionals, legal entities, and others within the general community.
o Provides: mentoring, modeling, and skill building to enhance and strengthen recovery efforts.
o Introduces and links clients to various recovery support options within the general community.
o Assists with problem solving and resource acquisition as needed to remove obstacles to treatment and recovery and/or to enhance and strengthen recovery efforts.
o Links to local resources when needed and when clients are eligible; child care, rental assistance, transportation such as bus passes, food, education, etc.
o Educates clients about the treatment process, recovery support group options, provider rules, client rights etc.
o Meets with clients in the environment most conducive them.
o Maintains a caseload as assigned by supervisor. Full-time caseloads will not exceed 30 and part-time will not exceed 15.
o Maintains client files as per LVDAIU and state policies.
o Maintains detailed records of all client appointments and contacts via DAP format in the LVDAIU database. Enters DAP notes in the database within seventy-two hours.
o Interfaces with various community agencies in a professional manner.
o Demonstrates effective interviewing skills.
o Maintains a productivity level of at least 50-75%.
o Works independently and autonomously.
o Will participate in supervision on an individual and group level.
Benefits: Salary starts at $18.50/hr. Paid vacation, sick, and personal days, seven paid holidays per calendar year. Company laptop and phone are provided. Mileage reimbursement.
Please send your resume to Jscott@lvintake.org