Recovery Mentor - Nurture Oregon

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

JOB SUMMARY : Recovery Mentors are a critical part of the SUD Treatment Team and work with the MOMS Program clients who are in recovery during a pregnancy. Recovery Mentors are not counselors, clinicians, or medical providers, but provide supports to clients that counselors are not able to offer, including Peer Doula support. The Recovery Mentor works with their Supervisor to design and implement education, referral, and parenting components of the program. The Recovery Mentor is responsible for helping to facilitate classes and support groups along with group activities. They will maintain a personal recovery program, if applicable, as well as model recovery-appropriate behavior.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

SUD Recovery Responsibilities :

• Participates and provides recovery coaching to people involved with BestCare Treatment Services using the following methods for engagement with clients :
• Makes regular telephone contact which may include talking with clients who need support and are feeling prone to relapse; reminder calls to clients who are scheduled for assessments, groups, individual sessions; doing outreach to client who miss group or individual services to attempt to reengage them in treatment services;
• Provides client transportation in company vehicle (when approved by supervisor) : taking clients to / from treatment services / appointments, transport to detox or residential treatment, and other appointments when it is determined to be helpful by the primary clinician or treatment team;
• Provides recovery coaching for clients during activities;
• Makes home visits on a limited basis, with supervisor approval;
• Attend sober support meetings, or other sober activities, in the community with clients.
• Helps monitor and stay connected to clients who are in residential (and detox) to help with re-engagement upon discharge;
• Takes individuals or groups of clients to 12-Step meetings and / or clean and sober activities as appropriate;
• Provides case management services including referrals to various resources (i.e. Food Bank, primary care / medical services, education entities, housing resources, etc.);
• Assists prep and clean-up for evening groups as needed;
• Provides individual, couples, and family support;
• Helping clinicians in groups at the office, jail, etc. Providing back-up in groups and other treatment activities;
• Helping clients develop and connect to non-using recovery activities (how to have fun, clean and sober);
• Maintains case notes of client contact within agency documentation timelines in the electronic health record system (EHR);
• Assists the SUD team with UA drug testing if needed;
• Completes attendance sheets, required report forms, and reports client participation to Supervisor;
• Other related duties as assigned by supervisor or Program Manager.

Birth DOULA Responsibilities :

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REQUIRED COMPETENCIES : Must have demonstrated competency or ability to attain competency for each of the following within a reasonable period :

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