Recovery Support Assistant

Recovery Support Assistant

Jamestown Salish Seasons - Sequim, WA 98382

Salary Range $20.91 - $27.18 Hourly Position Type Full Time

Jamestown Salish Seasons (JSS) is seeking compassionate, dependable, and recovery-oriented Recovery Support Assistants (RSAs) to join our 16-bed voluntary residential behavioral health treatment facility. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting individuals experiencing behavioral health crises in a safe, welcoming, trauma-informed, and culturally grounded healing environment.

As a Recovery Support Assistant, you will be a consistent and supportive presence for residents, helping maintain a therapeutic milieu through safety monitoring, relationship-based support, daily living assistance, and operational support. You will work alongside an interdisciplinary team dedicated to promoting dignity, emotional safety, recovery, and holistic wellness.

Full-Time | Fixed Panama 12-Hour Shifts

Enjoy a predictable, repeating schedule that provides excellent work-life balance and extended time off.

Panama Rotation

• 2 shifts on
• 2 shifts off
• 3 shifts on
• 2 shifts off
• 2 shifts on
• 3 shifts off
• Repeating rotation

Shift Options

• Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Night Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM

This position supports our 24/7 residential behavioral health program, including weekdays, weekends, and holidays, while providing a consistent schedule and concentrated days off.

Resident Safety & Healing Environment

• Conduct regular, documented resident safety checks and maintain environmental awareness to support a safe and secure healing setting.
• Provide a calm, supportive, and visible presence within the therapeutic milieu.
• Utilize verbal de-escalation, redirection, and trauma-informed engagement techniques to support emotional regulation and resident safety.
• Participate in resident safety holds only when necessary for immediate protection and in accordance with approved training, protocols, and supervision.

Resident Support & Engagement

• Support residents with daily living activities and general day-to-day needs within the program environment.
• Facilitate and participate in resident leisure, recreation, and recovery-oriented activities such as games, wellness groups, and community-based outings.
• Provide safe transportation for residents to appointments, approved activities, or other program-related needs as assigned.
• Encourage respectful participation, engagement, and relationship-building within the therapeutic milieu.

Operational & Facility Support

• Assist with meal service, laundry support, room readiness, and upkeep of resident and common areas.
• Support a clean, welcoming, and organized environment that reinforces dignity and recovery.
• Assist with medication room workflow support (including stocking, organization, and escorting residents) but do not prepare, handle, or administer medications.
• Perform non-licensed operational duties as directed by the Recovery Support Lead, nursing staff, or JSS leadership.

Documentation & Team Collaboration

• Accurately document safety checks, significant resident interactions, incidents, and other required observations according to policy.
• Collaborate closely with the Recovery Support Lead and broader multidisciplinary care team.
• Participate in shift handoff communication and timely reporting of safety or resident concerns.
• Support consistent implementation of program routines, expectations, and healing environment standards.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• CPR/First Aid Certification and Washington State Food Handler Card (or ability to obtain within onboarding timelines).
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel locally and regionally as needed.
• Successfully pass a criminal background investigation.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Ability to remain calm, professional, and supportive in high-stress situations.
• Ability to support individuals experiencing behavioral health challenges and emotional distress using non-clinical, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented approaches.
• Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage individuals in a respectful, non-judgmental manner.
• Ability to build rapport, maintain therapeutic boundaries, and foster trust.
• Ability to support a safe, structured, and emotionally supportive therapeutic milieu.
• Understanding of the emotional demands of behavioral health work, with a demonstrated commitment to personal wellness and resilience.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively with individuals from diverse cultural, social, tribal, underserved, and lived-experience backgrounds.
• Ability to support culturally respectful practices and environments.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
• Ability to document services clearly, accurately, and timely.
• Demonstrated professionalism, reliability, ethical conduct, and accountability.
• Ability to work effectively within a team-based clinical…