Recovery Specialist needed for a private, nonsectarian, not-for-profit behavioral healthcare organization
Job ID: 23023
Pay Rate: $19-20.00 per hour
Location: Onsite in Hyannis, MA
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Schedule: Full-Time, Sunday – Thursday, 3pm – 11pm
**In compliance with the Department of Health and company policy, PPD/TB Test within the past 90 days of start date (Skin, T-spot or QuantiFERON will be required
It's those little moments when the patient puts their hand on your arm, looks up at you, and says "Thank you for caring for me today." We know this is why you love what you do but at the end of the day, it's where you work that matters, too!

FIGHT THE STIGMA
It's not easy to face your demons and when faced with ongoing challenges that life brings each day, it can feel like the whole world is against you. Our client's mission is to end the stigmas that come with mental health and have devoted their lives to educating, supporting, and healing the world, one clinic at a time. They currently serve more than 7,000 individuals through a person-centered approach across 6 states with increasingly progressive models of care for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. They're guided by the vision of being a national leader for behavioral healthcare, program innovation, and workforce development and they're looking for other like-minded individuals who want to join them on their journey.

DRIVING THE MISSION
At the core of our client's clinical approach to service is the relationship between the organizational mission and actual service delivery. They emphasize on personal investment, perseverance, and hope are entrenched within the model’s primary phases of treatment: Engagement, Assessment, and Treatment Planning. Together, they guide service provision in a way that truly recognizes and respects the "client voice" within the recovery model.

As a Recovery Specialist, you'll be responsible for providing care to a range of young adults to geriatric individuals with person centered, strength-based, time-limited therapeutic supports and clinical interventions that focus on each individual’s recovery.

TASKS TO TACKLE

• Maintain and promote an environment that is recovery oriented, supporting the individuals’ rehabilitation goals and interventions of people served.

• Develop a Crisis Management Plan in collaboration with the individual.

• Attend to in-room care by delivering and serving meals, and keeping rooms clean.

• Escort patients to and from appointments and ensure safe transport.

• Assist individuals with identifying meaningful goals for their Individual Action Plan (IAP) focusing on the needs that brought them to the program. Areas of focus could include: mental health recovery education, independent living, housing, entitlements, daily living skills, substance use, relationships, vocational & leisure.

WHO YOU ARE

• One year full-time experience in providing direct care service to mentally ill consumers preferred

• Preference will be given to candidates that may meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the geographic needs and area. Multilingual candidates are preferred

Benefits that Parker Staffing offers to employees until hired as FTE with the client:

• Paid Sick/Safe Time (based on where allowable by law)

• Holiday pay

• Medical benefits with multiple plan tiers and Telemedicine access

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• 401K with matching contributions

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour