Comprehensive Benefits Package   •   Tuition Discounts   •   Career Advancement    

 

SOUTHWEST BEHAVIORAL CARE, INC.

 

Full-Time

Greensburg, PA Location

 

Overall Function:

 

Will provide person-centered services to persons receiving substance treatment and/or case management services, to help them build supports and move towards recovery and community integration.

 

Essential Functions:

 

• Works as a team member with a Drug and Alcohol Case Manager as part of the Community Engagement team to engage, coordinate, and refer individuals in the community to treatment and/or recovery support services.


• As necessary, participates in all appropriate staff meetings and maintains beneficial dialogue with all members of partnering Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff and CRS staff.


• Works with clients and their families, involved in substance treatment and/or case management services, to develop and implement their Individual Recovery/Service Plans.


• Participates in the after-hours on-call 24/7 treatment service access rotation process.


• Offers guidance on the recovery experience, including stage-appropriate recovery education.


• Assists clients in meeting their recovery goals by utilizing the phases of recovery: engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance.


• Educates consumers, family members, and professional staff about the recovery process; the damaging role that stigma can play in understanding recovery; and offers support related to obstacles that are often encountered during the early stages of recovery.


• Provides individualized person-centered services/support to assigned clients.  


• Provides vision driven hope and encouragement regarding opportunities for varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (i.e., work, school, relationships, physical activities, and self-directed hobbies.)


• Facilitates access to various community resources to ensure basic needs are met.


• Introduces and engages clients into the recovery community and monitors their recovery stability.


• Provides ongoing assistance for individuals in obtaining and/or maintaining services from multiple systems (e.g., mental health, CYS, criminal justice, etc.) and offers referrals to treatment services when necessary.


• Maintains current client case record activity and progress, prepares and submits all required program reports and documentation in an accurate and timely manner.


• Adheres to all policies, laws, regulations, and codes of ethics, and confidentiality as outlined by federal and state laws and agency policies and procedures.