Lead Recovery Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Full Time Lead Recovery Support Specialist 
At Granite Recovery Centers, we do things differently. Our workforce are not just employees, they are members of a large, diverse, mission and values driven family who are collectively committed to changing and saving lives affected by addiction. We celebrate being an Employer of Choice committed to providing a recovery friendly and equal opportunity workplace. The purpose of the position of Lead Recovery Support Specialist is to maintain a staff of RSS ensuring RSS are capable of doing their jobs. This is achieved by monitoring their behavior and interaction with clients. Lead RSS must also keep a pulse on the lives of RSS outside of the workplace, ensuring they are living up to and/or working on spiritual principles. This ensures a level of transparency when RSS are caring for clients. Lead RSS will privately redirect RSS when they fall short, including progressive discipline when appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service

• Direct supervision of clients

• Enforcement of policies and procedures

• Observe and supervise medication administration while maintaining accurate medication logs and records

• Ability to work independently or with a team and carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices

• Offer clients support based upon the application of the 12 Steps in real life situations

• Serve as an intermediate between clients and their clinicians

• Offering and implementing various growth opportunities

• Observe client behavior assessing whether it enhances or diminishes the recovery process  

• Redirection of behavior which impedes the recovery process 

• Directly involved with the Admission process of a new client and the discharge process for clients, this includes doing a property search, a search of the client, completing all paperwork and uploading into the EMR and assisting the Admissions Coordinator

• Attending groups, taking notes and logging information into the EMR when necessary

• Transport clients to and from 12 step meetings

• Transport clients to and from medical appointments

• Transport clients for Admission as well as for discharge

• Demonstrate and foster the company’s Mission, Vision and Values

• Lead RSS will take responsibility for the condition of the residential units on an off 
  campus to also include group rooms

• Lead RSS will redirect clients as any RSS does as well as imposing growth opportunities 
  if the situation calls for it

• Lead RSS may be asked to attend Morning Staffing Meeting, QA Meeting, Supervisors 
  Meeting as designee of Operations Supervisor when necessary

• Must meet then maintain all pre-employment requirements which includes reference 
  checks, applicable state and national required background screening, 10 panel urine drug 
  screen, DMV check, insurance (if applicable), and license/credential verifications

• Lead RSS will work with other departments to ensure clients make it to appointments, 
  including lab, doctor, and legal appointments. LRSS will ensure all documents from said 
  appointments are uploaded into client charts

• Lead RSS will oversee on-site admissions process. RSS staff will be delegated the 
  responsibility of getting the client admitted. Lead RSS will ensure all paperwork is 
  uploaded into the client chart, contacts entered, a picture is uploaded and all necessary 
  tags changed. Lead RSS will work with Operations Supervisor to determine if any 
  training opportunities exist in the paperwork

• Lead RSS will periodically audit med logs to ensure State compliance. Any 
  discrepancies will be corrected through a training opportunity for the entire staff. In 
  addition to med logs

• Lead RSS will ensure all discharges are executed with proper paperwork, returning of 
  property, and returning of medication to the client. Operations Supervisor is responsible 
  for ensuring all discharge paperwork is uploaded and transport for the client is scheduled, 
  if applicable