What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recovery Care Specialist - PRN position at Pasadena Villa?
RCS position works directly with clients throughout the day/night to provide emotional support, encouragement, empathy, and care. The RCS eat with clients, attend group with clients, process events/emotions with clients, and provide general structure to help clients refrain from eating disorder thoughts and behaviors.
Essential Responsibilities
- Correctly facilitate necessary shift communication with supervisor
- Participate in on-call rotation for RCS position
- Attend/incorporate training of de-escalation, grounding, processing, flashbacks, and other eating disorder associated issues into job performance.
- Work with RCS/Treatment team to present one clear decision/voice/standard to clients
- Able to recognize need of client to process/have ability and openness to engage/know limitations of ability to process at present time
- Appropriately communicate information/concerns from processing to therapist/treatment team
- Using empathy, sensitivity, and being genuine during processing times
- Being physically available for clients to approach you
- Build rapport/trusting relationship with clients while maintaining professional boundaries
- Able to follow emergency intervention for self- harm
- Follow house rules/set example
- Encourage/direct clients to attend/participate in daily programming
- Complete weekly affirmations for clients
- Be alert/aware during extended periods of down- time (clients sleeping, working on projects, etc.)
- Attend/participate in groups while on shift
- Drive clients to appointments/outings/meeting in company vehicles
- Eat/incorporate mealtime training with clients during meals/snacks
- Encourage clients during meals/snacks using behavioral intervention as needed
- Work 2-3 major and minor holidays each year
- Complete understanding of activity/band levels and associated client rules/expectations
- General understanding of Nutritional philosophy, Body image issues, and typical ED behaviors
- Document meal/snack/beverage completion
- Complete time sheets daily/sign weekly
- Bachelors degree (mental health/social work field preferred)
- Active First Aid/CPR/AED certification (American Red Cross/American Heart Association)
- Documented proof of MMR and HEP B vaccinations
- Valid Drivers License
- Successful completion of Criminal Background Check through DBHDS, Background Investigation Unit, and VDSS Registry Searches.
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