What are the responsibilities and job description for the Live-in Recovery Support Specialist - Rent Included position at Davis Behavioral Health?
Job Description
Davis Behavioral Health, Inc. is actively recruiting a part-time Live-in Residential Manager / Recovery Support Specialist to work in the Begin Again Sober Living Unit.
The Recovery Support Program at DBH is committed to helping Davis County residents with substance use issues engage with a lifestyle of recovery. The Recovery Support Program assists clients in all levels of care in treatment with DBH. The selected Recovery Support Specialist will provide live-in residential management support, case management, personal recovery coaching, and peer support through group and individual work with clients. This position will be working with our Substance Use Clients residing in our Begin Again Sober Living Unit. This person will work with these clients linking and coordinating them to needed resources in the community as needed.
The successful applicant must :
Have at least one year of recovery, and have the state Certified Peer Support certification or be eligible to be certified.
Location
The DBH Women's Sober Living Unit is located in Sunset, Utah. The Live-in Residential Manager is required to live in the recovery residence.
Shift / Schedule
The successful candidates will be scheduled 20 hours per week to provide Recovery Support Specialist services to the clients living at the Women's Sober Living Unit. In addition, the residential manager will be on-call on the weekends and weekday nights to assist with client needs at the facility. Weekly worked hours must remain under 30 hours.
Compensation & Shift Differentials
The starting hourly rate for this position is $19.00 per hour for the 20 hours working in a Recovery Support Specialist capacity.
In addition, the successful candidates' rent will be provided by Davis Behavioral Health.
Required Experience
Lived Experience / Recovery
DBH defines someone being in recovery as an individual who has not experienced a life-interfering instance as a result of their mental illness or substance use condition during a specified period of time.
- Stable recovery is when an individual has been in recovery for 5 years.
- Sustained recovery is when an individual has been in recovery for 2-5 years.
Situations such as being required to take extended absences from work or school, hospitalization or residential placement, inability to perform daily activities, negative impacts on physical wellbeing and important relationship, are all examples of life-interfering instances.
For individuals working as a family peer support specialist (FPSS), the symptoms may be in your family member, and not the peer support specialist.
Preference is for an individual who is in stable recovery (5 years) with the minimum qualification being sustained recovery (2-5 years). Sustained recovery is a minimum job qualification for all peer support specialists at DBH. Employment may be terminated if an individual is not in sustained recovery.
Education & Licensure
The Recovery Support Case Manager / SSW should possess the following minimum qualifications (in order of preference) :
The selected candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.
Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.
The Recovery Support Case Manager is required to be First Aid and CPR certified within 30 days of hire.
Peer Support Specialist and Targeted Case Management (TCM) Certification
If the successful candidate is an individual with personal lived experience with behavioral health, she / he / they must be certified as a Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) by the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health as soon as possible, but no later than 6 months after hire. Eligibility requirements to become a CPSS can be found by clicking here . Candidates who do not have an active SSW license at hire must complete certification as a Targeted Case Manager (TCM) is completed within the first 30 days of employment.
Requirements to become a Certified Peer Support Specialist include :
Qualifications to become a certified Targeted Case Manager through the State of Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health include :
Preference will also be given to candidates who are bilingual English / Spanish.
The successful candidate must also have a clean driving record to operate agency vehicles and / or transport clients, when necessary.
Benefits
The part-time positions at DBH are not eligible to participate in the agency's benefits program.
All employees at DBH are eligible to utilize the agency's robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Intermountain LiVe Well.
Davis Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer.
DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer
Davis Behavioral Health is a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.
Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.
Further, a ll employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as part of DBH's licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and / or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and / or open charges will likely impact a candidate's ability to pass the pre-employment criminal background screening.
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