Cypress Lake Recovery is a premier Residential Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in East Texas, offering holistic care for drug and alcohol addiction

We are seeking a PRN (On-Call) Recovery Advocate to help support, guide, and encourage our residents on their path to healing.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitates didactic lectures, workshops, educational resident groups, and resident community meetings.
• Recognize, prevent, and respond to situations in which a resident may be a danger to self or others, behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner, may be experiencing a crisis situation or may be experiencing a medical emergency.
• Read, interpret, and implement client’s treatment plan.
• Coordinate recreational and social activities for residents within the milieu.
• Provides support and encouragement to residents, demonstrating warmth, empathy, and genuineness.
• Conducts luggage searched and room searches as necessary for safety.
• Attends and participates in Treatment Team meetings as requested.
• Maintains accurate and timely charting in the EMR system.
• Performs basic housekeeping duties during course of shift.
• Monitor and maintain the safety of residents, inclusive of removing pests and wildlife.
• Transport residents to and from the facility, appointments, and various other patient centered errands as needed.
• Assists with any resident assignments as directed.

JOB SKILLS AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of resident rights and provision of treatment that promotes resident dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
• Able to meet the unique needs of our resident population, taking into consideration diagnosis and trauma informed care.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with residents.
• Ability to communicate effectively, using non-judgmental words and behaviors, using person-centered language, and engages in active and reflective listening.
• Recognizes, respects, and adapts to diversity, differences, and cultural traditions of residents.
• Knowledge and application of confidentiality requirements and HIPAA.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in behavioral health preferred.

LICENSING/CERTIFICATION:

• Current CPR/First Aid certification
• Valid Driver’s License