Floater Recovery Facilitator

Are you looking for a satisfying work opportunity to help uplift adults with mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness issues in your community? Centers For Opportunity (CFO) is currently searching for a Recovery Facilitator Floaters at our each of our 5 Recovery Centers, Annandale, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and Reston.

CFO provides key programs and services to help facilitate recovery in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. CFO operates five program sites in the Northern Virginia area and supports ~9,000 individuals annually.

CFO uses a unique peer-based model approach to recovery. As such, individuals who have faced these issues personally and have recovered from them staff our centers. At CFO, "we are those we serve". Through this model, program participants recover faster because of the empathetic, inspirational environment at our centers.

We are a nonprofit in Northern Virginia with five active Recovery Centers. (Annandale, Arlington, Reston, Merrifield and South County Alexandria). We currently engage 35 employees, contractors, and volunteers. We support adults with mental health, substance use, and homelessness challenges.

As a peer-run organization, all our employees bring a breadth and depth of knowledge acquired through our own lived experience with the challenges of mental health, substance use and/or homelessness challenges. Our experience allows us to provide support and guidance to our participants from a place of empathy and understanding. We support them wherever they are in their recovery journey, so they can move forward from their challenges and make their dreams and goals a reality. With the guidance of our staff who have walked similar paths, we show our participants that success waits behind every door.

Centers For Opportunity (CFO) hires exceptional people who share our mission, vision and values

Following is our Recovery Facilitator Floater Job Description:

Locations: Reston, Alexandria, Arlington, Annandale, Fairfax

Pay and Hours: Pay is $16 to $17 an hour based on experience and certifications. You may be called to work for weeks or a few days. This is a floater/ substitute position. There may be an opportunity for a regular part time staff position based on availability and performance.

Work hours are between 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. See www.centersforopportunity.org to for more information such as the address to the Five Centers. From 10 hours per week to 24 hours per week based on need.

Job Summary:
As a peer-run organization, all Centers For Opportunity employees bring a breadth and depth of knowledge acquired through their own lived experience with mental illness, substance use, or homelessness. This experience allows us to provide support and guidance to our consumers from a place of empathy and understanding. In essence, we are those we serve.

The primary role of the Recovery Facilitator is to guide, enhance, and provide effective support. to CFO’s peer-run mental health and addiction recovery programs. This position reports to the Program Coordinator and is intended to provide hands-on assistance to participants in a way that meets their individual needs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations can be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this position. Based on performance, we will have you trained as a Peer Recovery Specialist and if you already have your PRS, you can earn 500 hours and are promised assistance with your CPRS application and will be offered exam study sessions.

• Able to properly type and use internet searches to assist participants with finding resources and for finding ideas for group facilitation.
• Excellent skills pertaining to MS Office 365 Suite (MS Word and MS PowerPoint are key) and familiarity with accurately recording data into a database
• Greets participants and informs them of Center services available
• Works as an integral team member with staff members, volunteers, and participants to promote uplifting and positive workforce culture
• Serves as a positive role model and leads all participant activities with mutual respect while encouraging self-empowerment, personal responsibility, and peer collaboration, ultimately creating a positive work environment
• Leads and co-leads wellness groups
• Participates in recreational activities to bond with participants
• Associates with lonely participants to encourage engagement
• Collaborates with recovery team to create a safe environment
• Provides peer support and empowerment to participants to support in their wellness
• Educates participants about and refers participants to community resources to support in recovery
• Acts as participant advocate to coordinate required services
• Observes activities to detect policy and safety issues
• Ability to De-escalate an Incident, Emergency and/or Crisis a plus though paid Mandt Training will be given in the first few weeks.
• Follows State Mandated Reporting and CFO Code of Ethics
• Good attendance is nonnegotiable
• Flexibility is key.
• Other duties as assigned

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10.0 – 25.0 per week

Application Question(s):

• Are you trained in MS Office?

License/Certification:

• First Aid Certification (Preferred)
• Peer Recovery Specialist (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $17