Certified Recovery Specialist Lead

Duties and Responsibilities

Remote Work Capable

Essential Functions:

• Trains and orients new staff to duties and responsibilities of a Certified Recovery Support position. Monitors CRS productivity and documentation in order to meet program requirements and maintains schedules. Participates in performance reviews and performance issues as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining data and records to ensure compliance with program standards including grant related reporting as appropriate.
• Provides marketing and trainings within the community as needed.
• Provides peer-based recovery support services through advocacy, mentoring, education, resource navigation, and recovery coaching to individuals impacted by substance use disorders in both the home and community.
• Completes necessary documentation for each peer encounter within 48 hours of encounter. Completes all necessary paperwork during the intake, and updates paperwork as needed. Completes all required documentation, reporting, and data collection activities in accordance with agency, funding, and regulatory requirements, while participating in staff meetings, peer reviews, on-call responsibilities, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Engages family members and natural supports, when authorized, by providing education, emotional support, overdose prevention information, and resource navigation to support recovery outcomes.
• Provides additional support and supervision to CRS staff and meets weekly for face to face supervision with all assigned staff. Documentation of these visits must be given to the program Director.
• Serves as a liaison with community agencies, healthcare providers, funding sources, and referral partners; conducts outreach, education, and training on recovery support services and Warm Hand-Off processes; and maintains current knowledge of local resources while fostering collaborative relationships across assigned service areas.
• Coordinates ancillary services (housing, transportation, employment, health care) to support the recovery process of assigned peers and assist with warm hand-offs, minimizing potential for relapse and preventing overdoses.
• Provides Buprenorphine Care Coordination in MAT provider offices to enhance communication between individuals and their MAT providers.
• Assists in the development of individual recovery plans, with specific interventions directed at achieving individualized goals.
• Assists individuals to improve the quality of their lives and their ability to become active and productive family members and members of their community through prevention, early intervention and monitoring of successes/challenges in the recovery process.

Common Expectations:

• Recognizes, respects and accommodates differences as they relate to culture, ethnicity, race, gender and sexual orientation.
• Completes all necessary paperwork during the intake, updates paperwork as needed and completes documentation of each encounter while completing monthly logs of services provided.
• Acquires knowledge of resources in assigned county or counties.

Travel Requirements:

• Estimated Amount: 40% - Frequent local travel is required to provide recovery support services in hospital, community, and home-based settings, including response to WHOS referrals, outreach activities, and coordination with community partners.