Recovery Specialist - Part-Time- Weekends - 3rd Shift Awake

About Casa Esperanza

Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual/bicultural behavioral health treatment provider serving Boston and the Merrimack Valley. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness, and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness and discrimination; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care.

About the Program

Casa’s Conexiones Individualized Treatment Services is an integrated Acute Treatment Services/Clinical Stabilization Services (ATS-Detox/CSS) program that supports individuals from medically monitored withdrawal management through clinical stabilization and works to transition patients to ongoing care in the community. This model provides increased support for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who have had unsuccessful previous treatment. Staff take a personalized approach to meet each patient’s needs and help them develop a treatment plan so they can thrive in the community.

Our goal is to stabilize and support patients as they move forward in their recovery.

Conexiones is a 32-bed inpatient facility located on the campus of Tewksbury Hospital. Our care plans integrate the CSS and ATS-Detox services tailored to individual needs.

As part of the Casa Esperanza, Inc. team, the Conexiones ATS/CSS will provide services in a fully integrated, holistic, and collaborative manner using a team-treatment approach to ensure the coordination of all client services, both across Casa programs and with external providers. This integrated model aims to facilitate clear communication amongst all providers and eliminate duplication of efforts or conflicting approaches to care;

details necessarily follow up and assignments; and ensure wrap-around support services are in place to maximize treatment effectiveness around clinical and medical functioning.

• Implements all safety and security requirements, including fire drills, evacuation procedures, and alarm and camera monitoring
• Reports all safety and security concerns to appropriate authorities and staff (i.e., 911/Best Team, Emergency Services, Floor Manager, Program Director, Senior Clinical Staff on Site, etc.)
• Responsible for crisis intervention, counseling, and groups as needed
• Must participate in all mandatory safety and security trainings
• Must participate in regularly scheduled Program and All-Agency meetings
• Coordinates all scheduled client activities and refers clients to appropriate staff for support
• Ensures that all windows and doors are secure and alarms are set
• Ensures that all items that are potentially dangerous are secured in a locked location
• Monitors all use of client medications, including over-the-counter medications
• Makes client medications available at prescribed intervals
• Observes and records that all medication has been taken in the medication log
• Secures all client personal property in the designated secure location and completes property log
• Conducts walkthroughs every two hours and completes checklists and logs, as required
• Ensure all clients, visitors and staff sign in and out
• Communicates with Case Management staff before and after the shift about client issues or concerns
• Work collaboratively with case managers and nursing staff to provide assistance to the clients
• Observes building and grounds and reports anything unusual to supervisor/nurse on duty
• Records client issues or concerns in the Communication Log
• Assist with returning phone calls to potential clients for bed availability
• Compile and label intake packets for new admissions
• Search belongings on admission and at discharge and otherwise directed by supervisor
• Complete paperwork for discharging clients, ensuring proper paperwork is signed before the client leaves the unit
• Pack client belongings in the event that a client leaves unexpectedly, including the lock-up bag, medications, phone, etc.
• Help the Case Manager with supervised urine screens and belongings searches
• Complete rounds with the client observation checklist to ensure each client is accounted
• Escort clients on Fresh Air breaks and meal times
• Inventory linens and/or…