Public Health Advocate II: Child Care and Operations Professional; Entre Familia)

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Recovery Services Bureau (RSB) offers comprehensive programming and resources aimed at reducing the harms associated with substance use, including providing treatment services, recovery supports, and youth prevention. RSB operates across the continuum of care, spanning outreach and engagement, harm reduction services, naloxone distribution, residential treatment, referral services, and more. RSB has over 150 personnel working across more than 10 programs.

Entre Familia: Entre Familia is a 6-to-12-month residential substance use treatment program that provides bilingual/bicultural, gender‑specific, substance use disorder treatment to pregnant and postpartum women and their children. The program serves pregnant and postpartum women and their children in the State of Massachusetts and has the capacity to serve up to 19 women and 26 children.

Functioning as counselor, responsible for the oversight of program activities, within the residential milieu. This Includes parent/child interactions, physical and mental health, the overall well‑being and safety of all residents and children of the program. Identifies and intervenes in actual and potential problem situations using a trauma informed perspective, in order to minimize disruption of the residential recovery environment.

Functioning as counselor, responsible for the oversight of children-centered program activities, within the residential milieu. This includes:

• Parent/child interactions, physical and mental health, the overall well‑being and safety of all residents and children of the program
• Offering residents and their children services to support the parent’s ability to participate in onsite services and programming, attend telehealth appointments, support during mealtimes, strengthen transitions to bedtime
• Escorting and transporting clients to outside self‑help groups and other activities as needed
• Ensuring that evening programming is maintained and participates in family activities as planned
• Welcoming of visitors and supervising the visits as needed and enforcing family visitation policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as required

• Functioning as support staff, responsible for the oversight of program activities, within the residential milieu
• This Includes parent/child interactions, physical and mental health, the overall well‑being and safety of all residents and children of the program.
• Identifies and intervenes in actual and potential problem situations using a trauma informed perspective, in order to minimize disruption of the residential recovery environment. Connects program clients to clinical team as needed. Provides supportive listening and makes the Clinical Team aware as needed.
• Observes and records client behavior and reports pertinent client information to other
• Enforces all house rules, regulations, and policies and
• Maintains security of all physical areas of the
• Manages and exercises sound judgment in conflict
• Manages emergency situations and contacts the on‑call clinical staff for specific
• Assists in drug screening tests and other forms of interventions to ensure a safe, trauma informed environment of recovery.
• Escorts and transports clients to outside self‑help groups and other activities as
• Ensures that day‑to‑day programming is maintained and participates in family activities as
• Welcomes visitors courteously, supervises visits as needed, and enforces family visitation policies and
• Assists the evaluation team in data collection activities;
  Enters data in Pulsepoint app and/or in Carelogic.
• Conducts regular safety checks, including daily room
• Monitors resident progress and document observations accurately on census and shift
• Maintains awareness of safety and…