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Second Shift Recovery Technician
Recovery Plus for Women – Madisonville, KY
Evening Shift | Direct Client Support | Residential Recovery Program
Recovery Plus for Women is hiring a Second Shift Recovery Technician to serve as a steady evening presence in our long-term, faith-based, dual-diagnosis recovery program.
Second shift is one of the most influential times of the day. By evening, clients are coming back from programming, appointments, work, or community activities. This is when real conversations happen, attitudes show, emotions come up, and clients often need guidance, encouragement, correction, or support.
This position is not just about watching the house. It is about helping create an evening environment where women feel safe, supported, accountable, and encouraged to keep growing in recovery.
Position Overview
The Second Shift Recovery Technician provides structure, supervision, transportation, accountability, and support during evening hours. This includes overseeing dinner, free time, recovery meetings, church services, structured shower time, quiet time, medication observation, and bedtime routines.
This role requires someone who can connect with clients without crossing boundaries, lead with compassion without losing authority, and stay calm when the environment becomes emotional or challenging.
Why This Shift Matters
Second shift has a unique opportunity to build trust with clients. Many of the most important recovery conversations happen during ordinary moments: dinner, transportation, free time, meetings, showers, and evening wind-down.
The right person in this role can help clients feel seen while still holding them accountable. You may be the person who helps redirect a bad attitude, encourages someone who wants to give up, notices a client becoming unstable, or helps a woman choose a better response than the one she would have chosen before recovery.
This is hands-on recovery work.
Primary Responsibilities
- Supervise clients during dinner, evening routines, and free time
- Maintain a calm, safe, structured, and recovery-focused environment
- Transport and supervise clients at approved recovery meetings, church services, and evening activities
- Support client participation in AA, faith-based services, and other approved recovery supports
- Monitor house atmosphere and redirect negativity, conflict, gossip, or unsafe behavior
- Supervise structured shower time according to program expectations
- Help transition the house into quiet time and evening wind-down
- Complete medication observation and documentation as assigned and according to policy
- Conduct wellness checks and monitor client behavior, mood, and safety
- Encourage healthy communication, emotional regulation, and personal responsibility
- Build appropriate, professional relationships that support client recovery
- Enforce program rules, boundaries, schedules, and expectations consistently
- Document shift notes, client concerns, incidents, and required logs accurately
- Communicate important updates to supervisors and the next shift
- Respond appropriately to conflict, emotional distress, medical concerns, or safety issues
- Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries at all times
A Strong Candidate Will Be Able To
- Be warm and approachable without becoming overly familiar
- Hold clients accountable without being harsh or disrespectful
- Stay steady when clients are emotional, frustrated, or testing limits
- Notice changes in mood, behavior, attitude, or stability
- Have honest conversations that point clients back toward recovery
- Maintain structure during less formal parts of the day
- Lead evening routines without power struggles
- Work independently while following program policy
- Communicate clearly with leadership and coworkers
- Model maturity, consistency, and healthy boundaries
This Role Is a Good Fit For Someone Who
- Cares about helping women rebuild their lives
- Believes recovery requires both compassion and accountability
- Is comfortable working in a faith-based environment
- Can support clients attending church and recovery meetings
- Has strong instincts about safety, boundaries, and emotional tone
- Can be trusted to follow procedures even when no one is watching
- Understands that small moments can have a big impact in recovery
- Is dependable, punctual, and emotionally steady
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required
- Valid driver’s license required
- Acceptable driving record required
- Must be able to pass drug screening according to program standards
- Must maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries
- Must be able to complete documentation accurately
- Must be comfortable working with women who have mental health and substance use recovery needs
- Prior experience in recovery, behavioral health, residential care, peer support, ministry, caregiving, corrections, or human services is helpful but not required
Schedule
Second shift evening position.
Exact hours will be discussed during the interview.
Compensation
Pay based on experience.
About Recovery Plus for Women
Recovery Plus for Women is a long-term, faith-based, dual-diagnosis recovery program serving women with mental health and substance use recovery needs. Our program focuses on stability, sobriety, life skills, personal responsibility, community, and long-term independence.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume through really. Qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.
Pay: $11.00 - $12.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Salary : $11 - $12