Recovery Home Coordinator

Summary

The Recovery Home Coordinator facilitates a sound recovery environment and provides oversight to the residents residing in recovery homes operated by RWC. This is a PRN position at all locations with 12 hours required per month. RWC is an equal opportunity provider/employer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the Recovery Program Manager in overseeing the operations of the recovery homes and in assuring that the facility is in good repair, is safe, and maintains a sound recovery environment.
• Actively participates in residential intake, discharge and care plan development.
• Assures that all residents adhere to program and policy requirements and will routinely log outcomes and participation. Will work diligently to create a safe drug and alcohol-free environment in which the residents can work towards their personal recovery.
• Will assist with room checks and administer drug screens as directed to assure a drug and alcohol-free recovery environment.
• Maintains a team approach through communication, documentation, following policies and planning with Recovery staff. Will participate in assigned trainings and team development meetings as assigned.
• Will assist with the provision of daily presence in recovery homes with no assigned staff as assigned via remote services.
• Will assist residents in obtaining food.
• Participates in RWC meetings as assigned.
• Will assist the Recovery Program Manager in maintaining appropriate certifications and licenses for facilities.
• Will assist in the completion of reports for grants, funding, referral sources, etc. in a timely and professional manner.
• Will work closely with community partners and referral agencies to promote high quality and effective services by strategizing and promoting communication and cooperation.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, meetings and conferences as assigned.
• Will inform Recovery Program Manager, CEO and Maintenance staff of repairs or updates needed in facilities.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

There are no staff supervisory responsibilities with this position.

Requirements

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Education and/or Experience

Two to four years related experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required. An understanding of recovery and recovery based programming with chemical dependency is helpful.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret correspondence from referral sources and other service providers. Ability to correspond professionally with external agencies. Ability to adequately log and document client outcomes and daily activities. Ability to effectively communicate with Site Manager, Community Housing Director and staff.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply basic mathematical operations to such tasks as average length of stay, frequency of events/appointments, rent or other similar calculations, staff hour scheduling and leave reports, referral reports and other similar communications.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in written, mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete functions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current driver’s license. Other certificates/licenses that may become necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hand to finger; handle, or feel; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Employee must also be able to climb and descend a flight of stairs. Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Will be working in a facility environment with multiple individuals; should be aware of proper food preparation and storage, safety and health issues, prevention and intervention with insects. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The employee may be exposed to communicable diseases and insects such as bedbugs. Employee may be required to transport a resident to a community service or activity.