Mental Health Recovery Coordinator

Location:
Middletown, NY

Hours: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Pay: $67,000 annually

The Recovery Coordinator is responsible for many operational aspects of the Transitional Living Services (TLS) apartment treatment program.

• Ensures services meet State licensing standards and contract obligations, level of service and treatment model standards.
• Ensures that the program and all personnel represent the standard of care in a highly professional manner.
• Ensures that all program staff are adequately skilled and motivated to implement a comprehensive treatment program.
• Participates in the interviewing of potential new staff
• Performs ongoing evaluation of staff performance and corrective action as required

In this position, the Recovery Coordinator will also have the following major responsibilities:

• Observe all agency protocols.
• Oversee hiring, training and supervision of Transitional Living Counselors (TLC’s).
• Provide timely and effective performance feedback, evaluation, motivation and direction to staff, contractors and direct treatment providers.
• Ensures overall program service implementation.
• Ensure that staff complete all assigned duties and maintain adequate and timely records. Ensures that data is provided to support staff on admission/discharge of clients in order to maintain census and facilitate billing.
• Provide direction and consultation in service planning
• Review and identify qualifying services for monthly billing.
• Secures apartments, working with OMH, landlords, administration and agency finance personnel to ensure that leases are maintained and/or month to month rentals meet regulatory standards.
• Reviews assigned programs to ensure compliance with State licensing, and contract standards of regulating/accrediting bodies.
• Conducts referral/placement, staff meetings, communicates with staff on an ongoing basis.
• Keeps client’s information confidential.
• Responsible for timely completion of assignments and adapts to changing workloads to include work in evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Supervise, facilitate and participate, as needed, in the assessment and admission process.
• Supervises and monitors delivery of restorative services to clients
• Monitors program: observes/evaluates apartments, buildings, grounds, staff, program supplies and vehicles, etc.
• Intervenes in crisis situations as needed (assisting with a combative client, potential suicide attempts, etc.)
• Develops protocols and procedures for assigned programs; facilitates programmatic/operational guidelines for program and staff.
• Serves on internal and external committees.
• Evaluates use of resources; provides feedback to administration re: budget development.
• Participates and assists in pre-service and in-service training.
• Participates in on-call rotation.
• Supportive of the program philosophy, goals, and objectives.
• Practices within the highest ethics and standards of their identified profession and OMH.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships between law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals and other community resources.

• Assignments may be determined at a future date

• Effectively communicates with others verbally, in writing and using electronic means.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, as well as, organizational and planning skills
• Ability to function as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Possess sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics
• Ability to organize, multitask and prioritize duties and responsibilities efficiently
• Ability to work independently
• Computer literacy
• Must maintain current license/certification/training…