Live-in Recovery Support Specialist - Rent Included

Job Description

Davis Behavioral Health is actively recruiting a parttime Livein Residential Manager/Recovery Support Specialist to work in the Begin Again Sober Living Unit.

The Recovery Support Program at DBH is committed to helping Davis County residents with substance use issues engage with a lifestyle of recovery. The Recovery Support Program assists clients in all levels of care in treatment with DBH. The selected Recovery Support Specialist will provide livein residential management support case management personal recovery coaching and peer support through group and individual work with clients. This position will be working with our Substance Use Clients residing in our Begin Again Sober Living Unit. This person will work with these clients linking and coordinating them to needed resources in the community as needed.

The successful applicant must:

• Have at least one year of recovery and have the state Certified Peer Support certification or be eligible to be certified.

Location

The DBH Mens Sober Living Unit is located in Farmington Utah. The Livein Residential Manager is to live in the recovery residence.

Shift/Schedule

The successful candidates will be scheduled 20 hours per week to provide Recovery Support Specialist services to the clients living at the Womens Sober Living Unit. In addition the residential manager will be oncall on the weekends and weekday nights to assist with client needs at the facility. Weekly worked hours must remain under 30 hours.

Compensation & Shift Differentials

The starting hourly rate for this position is $19.00 per hour for the 20 hours working in a Recovery Support Specialist capacity.

In addition the successful candidates rent will be provided by Davis Behavioral Health.

Required Experience

Lived Experience/Recovery

DBH defines someone being in recovery as an individual who has not experienced a lifeinterfering instance as a result of their mental illness or substance use condition during a specified period of time.

• Stable recovery is when an individual has been in recovery for 5 years.
• Sustained recovery is when an individual has been in recovery for 25 years.

Situations such as being required to take extended absences from work or school hospitalization or residential placement inability to perform daily activities negative impacts on physical wellbeing and important relationship are all examples of lifeinterfering instances.

For individuals working as a family peer support specialist (FPSS) the symptoms may be in your family member and not the peer support specialist.

Preference is for an individual who is in stable recovery 5 years) with the minimum qualification being sustained recovery 25 years). Sustained recovery is a minimum job qualification for all peer support specialists at DBH. Employment may be terminated if an individual is not in sustained recovery.

Education & Licensure

The Recovery Support Case Manager/SSW should possess the following minimum qualifications (in order of preference):

• Bachelors of Social Work (BSW) Social Service Worker (SSW) licensure in the State of Utah and personal lived experience with behavioral health are strongly preferred.
• Consideration may also be made for applicants with a bachelors degree in another social science field and SSW licensure
• Candidates who have been accepted into a BSW program and actively pursuing their undergraduate degree.
• Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree or are not pursuing a degree may be considered only if they have a minimum of five 5 years of sustained recovery and previously professional experience working in the human services field.
• Candidates who have a BSW degree and SSW without personal lived experience will also be considered.

The selected candidate must successfully pass a preemployment criminal background check and drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal or abusing alcohol; therefore making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing preemployment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws including no use of medical .

The Recovery Support Case Manager is required to be First Aid and CPR certified within 30 days of hire.

Peer Support Specialist and Targeted Case Management (TCM) Certification

If the successful candidate is an individual with personal lived experience with behavioral health she/he/they must be certified as a Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) by the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health as soon as possible but no later than 6 months after hire. Eligibility requirements to become a CPSS can be found by clicking here. Candidates who do not have an active SSW license at hire must complete certification as a Targeted Case Manager (TCM) is completed within the first 30 days of employment.

Requirements to become a Certified Peer Support Specialist include:

• Have lived experience and be a person in sustained recovery for at least one year from Mental Health and or Substance Use.
• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Have at least a HS diploma or equivalent.

Qualifications to become a certified Targeted Case Manager through the State of Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health include:

• 400 hours of work volunteer and/or education experience in human services or a related field
• Required 40hour case management practicum and examination provided by DBH during the TCM certification class.

Preference will also be given to candidates who are bilingual English/Spanish.

The successful candidate must also have a clean driving record to operate agency vehicles and/or transport clients when necessary.

Benefits

The parttime positions at DBH are not eligible to participate in the agencys benefits program.

All employees at DBH are eligible to utilize the agencys robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Intermountain LiVe Well.

Davis Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer.

DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer

Davis Behavioral Health is a drugfree workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a preemployment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal or abusing alcohol; therefore making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing preemployment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws including no use of medical .

Further all employees at DBH must successfully pass a preemployment criminal background check as part of DBHs licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and/or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and/or open charges will likely impact a candidates ability to pass the preemployment criminal background screening.

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