Engagement Coordinator

Summary:

Bear River Health (BRH) is a Private for Profit, Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) that serves people with primary substance use disorders and mental health issues in medically supervised detoxification, residential and outpatient treatment setting.

As we strive for excellence as a team, we ask you to strive for excellence in your job. In return, you can expect a pleasant work environment, fair compensation and opportunities for personal growth and job satisfaction.

Vision:

To become the industry leader in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and life skills development by incorporating a holistic person-centered, evidence-based treatment model using trauma informed care.

Mission:

To save lives and foster growth.

Values:

• We Care! Our empathy motivates us to act with compassion. We are called to recovery, passionate about our roles and invested in our client’s recovery.

• We’re Real! Our actions being congruent, authentic, and genuine.

• We Grow! We are dynamic with a focus on improvement and innovation.

• We are Professional! We maintain professional boundaries between our staff, clients and community.

Professional Boundaries: As a professional it is important that you maintain professional boundaries with clients and former clients of BRH. This means they do not receive a personal phone number or be ‘friended’ on social media. If a person wishes to contact you for work purposes, they do so through BRH mainline. Please note that dating a client is just cause for loss of credential, license and employment. Please note that hugging of clients is strictly forbidden by professional staff.

Position Summary: Engages with patients in the Substance Use Detox Program, and encourages them to maintain sobriety, participate in recovery-oriented activities to help the client in their stage of change process. Participants in group treatment activities and models effective group participation and recovery-oriented perspective for clients with substance use disorders. Helps patients identify and access needed resources and recovery support upon discharge.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Meet with co-facilitators of group therapy to plan presentation of material for detox groups

· Attend group therapy sessions and model appropriate group participation

· Assist with co-facilitating selected aspects of group therapy sessions in a detox setting

· Provide support and encouragement to group therapy participants in a detox setting

· Provide information and referrals regarding recovery resources in the community along with Completing the Detox Discharge paperwork

· Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPPA regulations

· Attend all mandatory meetings, and other duties as assigned

Necessary Skills/Qualifications:

· Candidate who identifies as being in recovery from a substance use disorder and is willing to share details of his or her personal recovery experience. If not Substance use, is able to share life experiences that they identify with in order to help clients understand life in itself has had ups and downs, struggles

· Minimum one years of sustained sobriety if having a use disorder in any substances

· Completed Training or is about to start training as a Recovery Coach, or is on a DP plan with MCBAP for this, or is on a CADC-DP. Is willing to obtain certification within 2 weeks of hire for a DP plan or a CADC-DP

· Enthusiastic about providing support and recovery to patients in early recovery from all use disorders

· Thorough understanding of stressors that can impact patterns in recovery from all use disorders and is able to work in an environment that can be stressful, in a detox setting

· Able to maintain patient confidentiality

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use of hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to be on his/her feet for extended periods of time.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• Rotating weekends

Work Location: In person