Job description

Overview
Sojourner House mission is offering compassionate, faith-based recovery services to women and their children.
The Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) provides residents in recovery, and their children, with awake, 24-hours per day, 7-days per week, supportive services including education, guidance, monitoring and supervision of daily activities to ensure safety and adherence to program rules, regulations, and guidelines. RSS’s demonstrate and implement the Sojourner House philosophy, principles, and procedures assuring quality in all facets of performance.
Shifts include 2:30pm-10:30pm, 3pm-11pm, and 10:30pm-6:30am.
FT overnight RSS shifts include:
Sunday through Thursday nights (10:30pm - 6:30am) with Friday and Saturday night off.
Tuesday through Saturday nights (10:30pm - 6:30am) with Sunday and Monday night off.
Salary Description: $14.50 - $17.50 + shift differential ($1.50/hour for overnight shift)
(All wages are listed as a starting rate, offers will be based off of relevant experience, education and skills)
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required with at least two years of applicable paid experience required. Certified Addiction Counselor and or Certified Recovery Specialist preferred.
Position Requirements/Qualifications:

• Must be able to engage, interact and obtain initial information from the clients while maintaining a positive, professional, and client-focused manner with a diverse population.
• The ability to prioritize and balance tasks.
• The ability to to handle confidential information and HIPAA guidelines.
• The ability to maintain a positive, solution-focused demeanor when responding to conflicts or problems.
• Support organization’s mission with a sensitivity of cultural diversity and workplace harmony.
• Understanding of gender-responsive, trauma-informed and recovery oriented systems of care.
• Because of our mission statement, must be supportive of faith-based approaches.
• Model and support clients and staff in health and wellness activities and with using healthy coping skills.
• Must possess computer skills and administrative duties including the ability to learn and record all relevant software programs for the position (ex. Microsoft, Word, Outlook email)
• Because of treatment philosophy, persons identified or who have been diagnosed with an alcohol or other drug dependence be abstinent for at least two (2) years prior to employment and remain abstinent throughout employment.
• Flexible and open availability as schedule may require working varied shifts, weekends, holidays, and overtime as scheduled or directed by management.
• Demonstrates a commitment to Sojourner House philosophy and principles of treatment.
• Ability to secure and maintain Act 33 and 34 clearances, FBI clearance
• Must obtain PPD test and CPR /first aid certification.
• Valid PA driver’s license.

Core Competencies: Management of work processes and time management. Communication (includes information technology, confidentiality/privacy standards) including professionalism. Promote Trauma Inform Care engagement with all clients.
Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Supervises clients in daily activities, parenting, personal hygiene, social skills, recreational activities, and problem solving.
• Intervenes directly to identify, prevent, and report crisis situations to clinical staff for guidance on de-escalation and conflict resolution.
• Performs apartment inspections, periodic rounds, urinalysis testing and searches on residents to ensure abstinence.
• Primary oversight of maintenance of residential apartments and common areas.
• Preparation and housekeeping of apartments (i.e. washing linen, cleaning kitchen, sweeping/mopping, moving furniture, removing items from apartments such as garbage.
• Operates company vehicles and provides client transportation to appointments, pharmacy and supply pick-up, and transport to shopping and community events.
• Responsible for maintaining professionalism and maintaining positive relationships with external sources and representatives from community.
• Maintains safety, security, cleanliness of the unit, vehicles, and equipment and assures proper use of supplies.
• Overnight employees are required to be awake and alert at all times during shift.
• Conducts fire drills.
• Responsible for meeting quality assurance standards, licensing, credentialing and regulatory compliance, and achieving program and client outcome goals
• Completes timely and accurate documentation.
• Develops and maintains a safe therapeutic environment.
• Monitors medication and maintains medication log.
• Assisting in office duties (i.e. performing in-bound and out-bound calls.
• Performs childcare duties.
• Takes responsibility for professional development through participation in supervision, staff meetings, and trainings (Must complete 6 hours of DDAP training during the first two years of employment, plus other areas of training that may be identified as essential to job performance).
• Must attend and participate in scheduled staff meetings and in-service training.

Working Conditions: Ability to work the hours necessary to complete the work. Mandatory overtime may be required. Must attend and participate in scheduled staff meetings and in-service training.
Position is situated in a community-based residential facility treating addicted women and their children. Requires visits to high-risk neighborhoods and environments. Exposure to clients with substance abuse, mental illness, communicable diseases and physical aggressive altercations is highly likely.
Ability to work in indoor and outdoor environments and to endure exposure to clients with substance abuse, mental illness, communicable diseases and physically aggressive behaviors.
Ability to drive a 12 passenger van as needed to escort residents within the East End and surrounding communities.
Physical Requirements: Ability to lift and carry a 35 pound child. The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to sit for extended periods and to stand, and bend or squat periodically.
Ability to access clients within or outside the residential facility to meet therapy/intervention services standards, including ability to drive and ability to climb up to five (5) flights of stairs when required. (The residential facility has no elevator.)
Ability to physically assist clients as needed, and to assist in moving clients into and out of the residential facility, including assistance with lifting, carrying and moving objects and parcels.
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Disclaimer

• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to do this job at any time.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not restrict or prescribe the tasks that may be assigned.
• Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

(All wages are listed as a starting rate, offers will be based off of relevant experience, education and skills)
Sojourner House, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Sojourner House is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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Job Type: Full-time

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