Recovery Coach-Comm.Integ.Spec

Pay Rate: $22.00 per hour

Schedule: Mon-Fri Days

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For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change – helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives – including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

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POSITION SUMMARY: The Recovery Coach/Community Integration Specialist assists individuals in transitioning into the community via participation in a variety of community activities, enhances participants' life experiences and provides support through development and implementation of community integration projects.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and provide activities to best promote participant's interest in community integration by tasks including but not limited to providing individual and group psychiatric rehabilitation interventions targeting community integration
• Assume a lead role in the team development and review of participant's Recovery Action Plan by collaborating with assigned participants to develop their plan
• Network for, seek out, and develop appropriate community integration opportunities that match participant's interests and skills by researching and participating in community events
• Provide counseling and supports to the participant to promote interpersonal and soft skills success in the community
• Plan for and provide participant transportation and travel training; transport participant in agency vehicles as needed
• Identify and develop home and natural supports for participants served by providing individual and group psychiatric rehabilitation interventions targeting the development of natural supports
• Develop and implement a plan for coach fading, incorporating natural supports, being sensitive to risks
• Maintain clear, active, and constructive communication with the participant while facilitating communication amongst the participants, his/her home supports, family and friends, team members, funding source and monitoring entity representatives, supervisor and co-workers with the goal of enhancing participants' recovery
• Encourage participation in other services of New Visions (e.g., therapy, medication management) as deemed necessary and appropriate
• Facilitate orientation of new participant to New Visions and recovery by reviewing program protocols and introducing new participants to existing staff and participants
• Maintain flexible work schedule and availability, including evening and weekend hours, in order to meet participant's needs and schedules. Some on-call responsibilities are required
• Prepare case records, reports, notes, data, etc. in line with participant's desires, service expectations and program requirements
• Provide an active contribution to the conception and attainment of program or service enhancements and contribute to the aims and ambitions of the agency
• Pursue and complete staff training and development opportunities that serve to ensure service quality and outcomes
• Encourage peer leadership by involving participants in decision-making roles
• Compile and render participants' data, outcomes and other internal/external reports for funder and licensing requirements
• Serve as Elwyn liaison to community agencies, businesses, civic organizations, religious organizations, etc. by researching and outreaching local community entities
• Coordinates community integration service with participants and team members by providing individual and group psychiatric rehabilitation interventions targeting community integration
• Provide safe starting point for participant not currently engaged in recovery by outreaching participants who are not engaged in order to encourage participation and help problem-solve barriers to participation
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Perform other duties as assigned

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Clinical Director, Outpatient and Recovery Services

DIRECT REPORTS: None

CONTACTS: Elwyn staff, Recovery team, funding and regulatory agency personnel, families, outside health care providers, Base Service Unit personnel, various community and civic agencies.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIREMENTS :

• Associates degree in human services or related field, Bachelor's degree preferred
• Two (2) years' experience in mental health preferred
• Community integration experience helpful
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage and prioritize multiple, often competing, priorities
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills
• Must be able to perform CPR and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated basic experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Experience using Electronic Health Record (EHR) / Electronic Medical Record (EMR) preferred

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Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Elwyn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, pregnancy status, medical condition, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, handicap status, marital or family status, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, military or veteran status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.