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Outpatient Recovery Counselor - Full Time

Charles River Recovery
place Weston, 02493
local_atm $23 - $25 an hour
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Full Time
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
ECT
Individuals with Addiction Issues
School
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials

About Job

Position Overview: The Recovery Counselor provides support to enhance the quality of patient care by working directly with the patients in a treatment setting and collaboratively as a member of the program’s multi-disciplinary team. The Recovery Counselor is responsible for collaborating with the CSS clinical team with direct clinical patient care by providing support and guidance to patients to promote engagement and continuity of care. Working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, the Recovery Counselor will help provide a safe and therapeutic treatment experience for the patients served.

This is a full time position with the following schedule:
Monday 8:00am-4:30pm
Tuesday 1:00pm-9:00pm
Wednesday 1:00pm-9:00pm
Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm
Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Specific Responsibilities:
  • Provides direct support to patients with providing oversight over program during shift.
  • Monitoring of patients throughout the program and responsible for documentation of patient interactions.
  • Responsible for patient breaks and patient monitoring for safety.
  • Completes patient assessments assigned daily within specified timelines and ensures quality of documentation
  • Completes intake documentation for patients entering the evening programming.
  • Engages patients by conducting recovery-oriented activities as scheduled
  • Supports the community to intervene with treatment engagement; works to de-escalate treatment barriers
  • Facilitates patient engagement and re-engagement sessions as needed
  • Participates in AMA interventions as per Clinical and Primary Therapists guidance
  • Provides direct support to patients to help encourage, engage, plan, and complete continuity of care plans while collaborating with patient’s treatment team
  • Supports the clinical/case management team as directed by the Clinical Supervisor/ Clinical Coordinator
  • Appropriately documents all patient interaction into the record for continuity of care
  • Responsible for patient assessments and UA Test delivery as directed.
  • All other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

  • Associate degree from an accredited college or university in behavioral health science preferred
  • 1 year experience in the field of substance use treatment or closely related field.
  • LADC or CADC certification is highly preferred
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Practice Specifics

Populations

Individuals with Addiction Issues
School

Settings

Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Home Health/In-home