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RWJBarnabas HealthSee more

addressAddressRahway, NJ
type Form of workFull-Time
CategoryInformation Technology

Job description

Job Summary

The Recovery Specialist will assist individuals with a substance-use disorder by serving as a role model, advocate, and motivator. Through lived experience, the Recovery Specialist will provide non-clinical individual and group support to develop a recovery care plan, educate individuals on recovery models and cultivate supportive tools to enhance recovery. The Recovery Specialist will work closely with the individual’s multidisciplinary care team and community-based organizations to connect patients with additional recovery support services that best fit their needs.

Job Responsibilities

  • Engage client/patient to provide non-clinical assistance and recovery support by creating connections and trust through the sharing of real-life experience(s) with the client/patient throughout their intervention.
  • Conduct client/patient screening to collect all required information pertaining to client/patient history in all aspects of life.  Input screening information into the electronic health record system in accordance with IFPR documentation guidelines.
  • Ensures accurate and timely documentation, complete required patient follow up and provide necessary reporting data to ensure grant compliance.  
  • Create individualized recovery support plans based on patient needs discovered through the screening process and social determinants of health (SDOH) circumstances in accordance to grant requirements. Connect client/patient with non-clinical SDOH related services and resources.
  • Establish and maintain a supportive relationship with client/patient and their families by being a positive role model and sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
  • Educate individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service(s) and recovery support systems by maintaining relationships with an IFPR Patient Navigator and/or hospital staff to ensure the navigation to treatment is successful.
  • Empower individuals to make self-determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathway to maintain recovery.
  • Implement and facilitate recovery support meetings and groups that are designed to engage, motivate and empower the audience.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
  • A minimum of four (4) years of experience in the guiding principles of recovery that assist individuals to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and reach their full potential
  • Previous experience as a Recovery Specialist or other related position, strongly preferred
  • Ability to travel within a 60-mile radius of the assigned hospital for cross coverage when needed
  • Ability to utilize resources to advocate for patient/client while showing empathy and compassion

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (NCPRSS) certification through NAADAC organization required at hire or must obtain certification within 6 months of employment
  • Bilingual a plus
  • Strong organizational and communication skills (grammar, punctuation and sentence structure. Knowledge of computer skills: Microsoft Office, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
Refer code: 7246231. RWJBarnabas Health - The previous day - 2023-12-18 07:37

RWJBarnabas Health

Rahway, NJ
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