Recovery Support Specialist- Substance Abuse/Mental Health Recovery - Batesville, IN

The Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) is an active member of the Choices Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and provides peer support services to consumers and families who have experienced an overdose or experience severe mental illness. Under supervision of the CERT Clinician, the Recovery Support Specialist functions as a role model to peers; exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serves as a consumer advocate, providing consumer information and peer support for consumers in outpatient and inpatient settings. The Recovery Support Specialist performs a wide range of tasks to assist peers of all ages, from young adult to old age, in regaining optimal functioning within the community and mastery over their own recovery process. Recovery resources such as booklets, pamphlets and other written materials will be utilized by the Recovery Support Specialist in the provision of services. The incumbent will support and uphold a commitment to racial and ethnic equity and antiracism.

The Choices Emergency Response Teams are responsible for 24 / 7 mobile emergency responses for youth and adults experiencing a mental health or opioid crisis in Wayne, Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, and Decatur counties. As a member of the CERT team, the Recovery Support Specialist is a part-time position, operating during client driven hours and on an on-call basis. The CERT teams operate from a strengths-based perspective, collaborating with first responders, community stakeholders, clinical leadership, care coordinators, and fellow mobile crisis responders. The CERT teams will work within a culture of crisis prevention, making every effort to ensure individuals are effectively stabilized within their home and community whenever possible. The CERT teams will ensure appropriate follow-up individuals who have experienced a crisis event and ensure linkage to ongoing supports and services, operating in an enhanced localized crisis response system contributing to the goal of increased community stabilization.

Responsibilities Include :

• Can articulate the mission, vision and practices of the CERT program consumers.
• Communicates the practice expectations of the emergency response system to consumers, community partners, and funders.
• Responds to crisis referrals promptly during normal business hours and after hour crisis situations.
• Provides back up when requested / as available if contacted by first responders.
• Adheres to the policies and protocols established by Choices for the management of a 24 / 7 mobile crisis response system.
• Incorporates the guiding principles and values of Systems of Care into their interactions with youth and families, fellow team members, Choices staff and system partners.
• Communicates effectively with Choices Leadership Team to ensure collaborative efforts and proactive response to issues and concerns.
• Follows established strategic plans and quality improvement procedures to achieve stated goals and enhance the experience of referred youth and adults with mobile crisis response services.
• Ensures collection of all necessary service data.
• Participates in scheduled meetings to review performance and quality indicators and makes recommended adjustments to improve the response and stabilization service.
• Willingly completes other duties as assigned to advance the mission of the Choices Emergency Response Team.

Qualifications :

Hourly 15.96

Benefits Include :

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)