• Recovery Specialist - Addiction Treatment Services

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Lynn, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** Full time

    **Work Shift:** Evening (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

     

    Recovery Specialist

    Job Description:

    + **Benefits that start day 1!**

    + **Schedule -** **Full Time 32 hours -** **2:30pm - 10:30pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday**

     

    Transitional Support Services (TSS) is a program dedicated to helping men and women by providing short-term residential support services to individuals in early recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction. Clients are provided with the tools they need to begin developing skills of daily living including goal setting, problem solving, and self-advocacy. Services include nursing support, individual case management, group treatment sessions, aftercare planning, and more. The Recovery Specialist position is a great opportunity for someone who seeks to be a positive presence in the lives of those who are struggling with addiction.

    The Recovery Specialist’s Responsibilities Are:

    + Assists clients in reaching their personal goals and tracking their milestones, helping them to achieve success at whatever stage they are at in their recovery

    + Collaborates with Clinical Supervisor and fellow colleagues to ensure client progress

    + Observes and supervises buildings and grounds

    + Searches client belongings on admission and at discharge, or as otherwise directed by supervisor

    + Completes all necessary checklists, shift documentation and record keeping in a timely manner in accordance with agency policies and procedures

    Qualifications:

    + High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

    + Experience working with substance use population is preferred

    + Valid MA Driver’s License in good standing preferred

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled