What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) position at Sinai Chicago?
About Us: At Sinai Chicago, we take health care personally. Excellence in health care is about more than just medicine, technology, tests and treatments, it is about really caring for people with dignity and respect. That’s what we do. We are dedicated to providing the best care to meet the needs of people, for our community, for our patients and for you.
Position Purpose: The Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) primarily works with clients that have a mental health diagnosis to enhance their recovery and provides behavioral health support and coordinated care for clients with mental health diagnoses.
Key Job Activities:
• Ensures enhanced patient engagement by addressing barriers to care, increasing patient motivation, and establishing professional, dynamic relationships with patients, providers, referral sources and other involved parties.
• Provides individualized, ongoing guidance, coaching, support, and training in the use of personal and community resources.
• Provides client education and training in the areas of psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and Nalaxone.
• Complete Mobile Crisis Response with the team in the community 24/7/365 days.
• Provides direct services for 70% of work hours.
• Meets progress note documentation time guidelines.
• Provides outreach, monitoring and/or direct treatment services to clients.
• Conducts evaluations for suicide, violence, drug abuse/dependence, and case management needs.
• Conducts family education.
• Runs activity group.
• Advocates for and with patients and families in utilizing resources and services.
• Conducts evaluations of patient in inpatient room and emergency room.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Work Experience:
• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate degree in social sciences preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
• Must be culturally competent.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.
• Openly self identifies as a person who has lived experience of using/ have used substance use or mental health services when appropriate (MISA).
• Able to work some evenings and alternating weekends.
• Experience in EPIC and MEDITECH software systems preferred.
Certifications/Licenses:
• Certification as a Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) preferred, or obtained within two years of hire; OR
• If no CRSS is acquired upon hire, caregiver needs to provide proof of CRSS program enrollment, proof of continued education units (CEU) towards certificate, and/or proof of previous supervision hours towards CRSS within six months of hire.
• CADC preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear
• The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch
• The employee is occasionally required to stand
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
• General office environment and the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate