New Haven Home Recovery, Inc.
Recovery Support Specialist
New Haven Home Recovery, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, us, 06540
Company Overview:
New Reach is undergoing an exciting transformation to bring the organization to its next level of success. Working to provide shelter, housing, stabilization, and support for children, families, and individuals experiencing homelessness across CT since 1990, New Reach inspires independence for those affected by homelessness and poverty. New Reach has become one of the most effective nonprofits in the United States, using innovative and progressive methods through a continuum of housing and support.
Primary Purpose:
As part of a pilot project, New Reach is seeking a full-time Recovery Support Specialist to provide person-centered peer-to-peer support services to households affected by housing instability. The Recovery Support Specialist will lend mentorship, guidance, and coaching care focused on parenting skills, household duties, educational system navigation, and daily living skills.
Essential Functions:
Engage and enroll individuals who require treatment and family peer support services in preparation for entering or maintaining permanent housing.
Support clients in identifying and creating goals and developing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, support, and resources to aid them in achieving those goals.
Encourage clients to use existing, natural supports and foster involvement in social and community activities.
Teach clients to perform household tasks, provide instructive assistance, or prompt the client to conduct tasks (e.g., meal preparation, routine household chores, cleaning, laundry, shopping, bill paying, and participation in social and recreational activities).
Complete initial peer support assessments with clients upon intake and every 90 days in collaboration with Senior Clinical Program Manager and Quality Assurance to evaluate program effectiveness.
Work with the social worker to facilitate groups for participating families.
Assess and refer clients for clinical support and Verification of Disability (VOD) completion, as needed.
Act as liaison to community/state agencies in developing and implementing client care plans.
Maintain ongoing client files, correspondence, and case notes, including person-centered service plans in collaboration with caseworkers and the social worker.
Encourage integrated services and support for individuals with substance use abuse and mental health disorders.
Continuously prepare the client for transfer of care to permanent housing and community-based support.
Collaborate with the social worker to assist clients in identifying unaddressed needs related to benefits, education, housing, medical, and other needs.
Attend community meetings as necessary to represent the team, including Community Care Team Meetings, CAN Housing Case Conference, monthly case conferences, and other appropriate meetings.
Engage with other agency peer support specialists for mutual support and advocacy of leadership, as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Expectations:
Have a solutions-based approach to presented problems.
Maintain strict confidentiality concerning any client's or employees' personal information, living information, and/or HIV status.
Adhere to all New Reach's Policies and Procedures.
Must be able to flex schedule to work some evenings to meet clients' individual needs, as needed.
Qualifications:
Persons with lived experience (i.e., candidates must have experience with mental health and/or addiction).
Flexibility, professionalism, and a positive attitude.
Must have completed the DMHAS Recovery Assistant Training and have received the Certification or be eligible to complete the certification process within the first 6 months of hire.
Must be at least 18 years old.
Possess at least a high school diploma or GED.
Possess a valid Connecticut Driver's License, proof of insurance, and access to reliable transportation.
Knowledge of the recovery process and the ability to facilitate recovery using established standardized mental health processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficient with the use of computers, including software programs Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, etc.
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New Reach is undergoing an exciting transformation to bring the organization to its next level of success. Working to provide shelter, housing, stabilization, and support for children, families, and individuals experiencing homelessness across CT since 1990, New Reach inspires independence for those affected by homelessness and poverty. New Reach has become one of the most effective nonprofits in the United States, using innovative and progressive methods through a continuum of housing and support.
Primary Purpose:
As part of a pilot project, New Reach is seeking a full-time Recovery Support Specialist to provide person-centered peer-to-peer support services to households affected by housing instability. The Recovery Support Specialist will lend mentorship, guidance, and coaching care focused on parenting skills, household duties, educational system navigation, and daily living skills.
Essential Functions:
Engage and enroll individuals who require treatment and family peer support services in preparation for entering or maintaining permanent housing.
Support clients in identifying and creating goals and developing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, support, and resources to aid them in achieving those goals.
Encourage clients to use existing, natural supports and foster involvement in social and community activities.
Teach clients to perform household tasks, provide instructive assistance, or prompt the client to conduct tasks (e.g., meal preparation, routine household chores, cleaning, laundry, shopping, bill paying, and participation in social and recreational activities).
Complete initial peer support assessments with clients upon intake and every 90 days in collaboration with Senior Clinical Program Manager and Quality Assurance to evaluate program effectiveness.
Work with the social worker to facilitate groups for participating families.
Assess and refer clients for clinical support and Verification of Disability (VOD) completion, as needed.
Act as liaison to community/state agencies in developing and implementing client care plans.
Maintain ongoing client files, correspondence, and case notes, including person-centered service plans in collaboration with caseworkers and the social worker.
Encourage integrated services and support for individuals with substance use abuse and mental health disorders.
Continuously prepare the client for transfer of care to permanent housing and community-based support.
Collaborate with the social worker to assist clients in identifying unaddressed needs related to benefits, education, housing, medical, and other needs.
Attend community meetings as necessary to represent the team, including Community Care Team Meetings, CAN Housing Case Conference, monthly case conferences, and other appropriate meetings.
Engage with other agency peer support specialists for mutual support and advocacy of leadership, as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Expectations:
Have a solutions-based approach to presented problems.
Maintain strict confidentiality concerning any client's or employees' personal information, living information, and/or HIV status.
Adhere to all New Reach's Policies and Procedures.
Must be able to flex schedule to work some evenings to meet clients' individual needs, as needed.
Qualifications:
Persons with lived experience (i.e., candidates must have experience with mental health and/or addiction).
Flexibility, professionalism, and a positive attitude.
Must have completed the DMHAS Recovery Assistant Training and have received the Certification or be eligible to complete the certification process within the first 6 months of hire.
Must be at least 18 years old.
Possess at least a high school diploma or GED.
Possess a valid Connecticut Driver's License, proof of insurance, and access to reliable transportation.
Knowledge of the recovery process and the ability to facilitate recovery using established standardized mental health processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficient with the use of computers, including software programs Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, etc.
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