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Who We Are || VOAMASS gives members of the community who need help the most the services, support, and self-esteem they need to create a fresh start. At VOAMASS, our dedicated teams are committed to serving the whole person.
What We Do || Through our powerful integrated behavioral health care model, we bring together vast resources from a diverse team of caring staff to help each client meet their personal goals. The care we provide paves the way for greater opportunity and second chances by focusing on the critical pillars towards a healthy life: behavioral health, financial stability, and safe housing.
As the Recovery Support Specialist, you’ll have a dynamic and critical role in our community-based residences supporting the well-being and recovery of adult clients in our programs. VOAMASS operates 4 residential recovery homes in Boston neighborhoods, serving individuals with substance use and co-occurring disorders. Our programs help people recover and achieve wellness through a client-centered, trauma-informed harm reduction framework. As part of the treatment team, the Recovery Support Specialist will make a difference in the lives of our clients through the use of clinical/treatment best practices. Activities may include personal assistance in the completion of daily living skills, leading educational and recreational activities, and accompany residents to and from appointments.
The Recovey Support Specialist is about making a difference in the lives of the people we serve. The Recovery Support Specialist requires no experience, and will offer a robust training program to those looking to enter the human services field!
Hours:
Full-Time and Part Time hours are available, including days, evening, overnight and weekends.
$18/hour for weekday shifts and $20/ hour for overnight and weekend shifts!
Key Responsibilites:
Since 1934, VOAMASS has provided critical services to the residents of the Commonwealth. From pioneering early residential treatment programs in the 1960’s to leading today in the field of mental health programming, VOAMASS can be counted on to tackle our greatest challenges.
VOAMASS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
For full-time employees, our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes: ·
Transparency in Coverage Information is available from BCBCMA via https://Transparency-in-coverage.bluecrossma.com to get accurate, real-time estimates of cost-sharing liability for health care and services from different providers
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$50k-66k (estimate)
05/26/2022
05/16/2024
voamass.org
BOSTON, MA
25 - 50
1934
MIKE HERRON
$5M - $10M
Social & Legal Services
Volunteers of America of Massachusetts helps more than 3,000 individuals and their families annually through an array of residential and outpatient services including Residential Treatment Services, Veteran Services, Re-Entry, Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment, and Independent and Assisted Living for seniors. VOA is committed to helping those in need reach their full potential through comprehensive treatment that gives people the skills, tools, and support to restore emotional and financial independence. We puts clients first. We focus on client strengths, needs, abilities, and their pref...erences, specializing in client-centered, trauma-informed care based on a harm reduction framework. Our programs are safe and supportive with the ultimate goal of every client to be self-sufficient and successfully reach their full potential in work, family, and relationships. Our clients arrive in our care in acute crisis; not only are they in the early phase of substance use and disorder treatment, they are likely to have a mental health diagnosis, be homeless, disengaged from the labor market, lost child custody, justice-involved, and experience chronic relapse and demoralized by feelings of shame and self-punishment. Simply put, we engage with the hardest to serve clients.
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The following is the career advancement route for Recovery Support Specialist positions, which can be used as a reference in future career path planning. As a Recovery Support Specialist, it can be promoted into senior positions as a Patient Accounts Supervisor that are expected to handle more key tasks, people in this role will get a higher salary paid than an ordinary Recovery Support Specialist. You can explore the career advancement for a Recovery Support Specialist below and select your interested title to get hiring information.
If you are interested in becoming a Recovery Support Specialist, you need to understand the job requirements and the detailed related responsibilities. Of course, a good educational background and an applicable major will also help in job hunting. Below are some tips on how to become a Recovery Support Specialist for your reference.
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They will help the client choose the best path for their own recovery.
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The recovery support specialist schedules sessions to discuss strategies for achieving those goals.
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Certified recovery specialists does counseling and assistance.
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They talk with them about their history, explain treatment options, and consider what types of support they may need once discharged.
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They support any positive change, helping persons coming home from treatment to avoid relapse, build community support for recovery, or work on life goals not related to addiction such as relationships, work, or education.
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Step 2: Knowing the best tips for becoming an Accountant can help you explore the needs of the position and prepare for the job-related knowledge well ahead of time.
Career tips from people on Recovery Support Specialist jobs
The recovery support specialist, despite not having a clinical role, will require supervision.
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Familiar with the disorder themselves, these specialists act as role models for clients facing similar difficulties.
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Recovery Support Specialists have many valuable connections to community support groups, recovery events, and related activities that can enhance a person’s recovery experience.
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Peer support specialists have the advantage of experience on both sides of the recovery equation.
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Understand how and why the recovery model has developed.
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