Recovery Support Staff - MST

Full job description

For more than 40 years Argus Community Inc. has successfully broughttogether and developed outstanding people resources and programs in the pursuit of an ambitious mission: To provide ongoing and continuously improved methods of substance abuse health and mental treatments and preventions that restore the lives of the many underserved New York Cityarea families men women and adolescents who come through our doors each year.

Job Title: Recovery Support Staff

Job Summary:

The Support Staff is responsible for seeing that the daily structure is maintained. He/She acts as the eyes and ears of the community in regard to residents behavior and reports on progress.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Must be on floor with residents except when engaged in administrative duties. Ensures all money metro cards and vouchers are in order and that the procedures for turning over the house are followed. Search collect and secure all residents property.
  
• Oversees and ensures that all residents are participating in all scheduled activities and services (when groups are in progress room runs must be done).
  
• Provides feedback to primary counselors and other treatment staff when necessary also communicate all incidents in log book and complete incident reports when necessary.
  
• In crisis situations escort residents to the hospital and report the outcome to staff on duty. Enters results in the staff communications book.
  
• Works along with primary counselors in resolving behavioral problems among residents as needed. Observes and learns from primary counselors.
  
• Reports to primary counselor health problems of residents and relays such information to the director assistant director nursing and clinical team.
  
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule in order to meet the needs of the program.
  

Qualifications/Criteria:

• Knowledge of residential treatment
  
• 1224 months experience working with substance abusers.
  
• Basic understanding of therapeutic community dynamics procedures and concepts.
  
• Good communication skills and the ability to develop effective and appropriate interpersonal relationships with colleagues as well as residents
  
• C.P.R. and First Aid Certified
  

*We follow the NYC Workplace Vaccination requirements.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED
  Compensation competitive; based on clinical ability & experience.
  
• Excellent benefits including Major Medical Dental Pension match after 1 year.
  
• Close to all public transportation.
  

We are a DrugFree Workplace. All candidates are subject to a drug test.

NYC law prohibits us from requiring you to share information about your current or past salary. Although we may discuss salary expectations with you you should not interpret any of our questions as seeking or requiring information about your current or past salary.

Job Type: Fulltime

Pay: $38000.00 $59000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
  
• Employee assistance program
  
• Flexible schedule
  
• Health insurance
  
• Life insurance
  
• Paid time off
  
• Retirement plan
  
• Vision insurance
  

Experience:

• relevant work: 1 year (Required)
  

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
  
• First Aid Certification (Preferred)
  

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)
  

Work Location: REMOTE