Roles and Responsibilities:
· Acts as a mentor to individuals to promote decision making, empowerment and engagement.
· Acts as a liaison between individuals, clinical team and community resources.
· Takes role of advocate.
· Engages individuals referred to treatment at the initial point of contact, clinic or other community provider, to expedite screening for the appropriate level of care.
· Provides peer support to clinically complex clients, drawing on common experiences as a peer, validates individuals’ experiences and provides guidance and encouragement to promote individuals to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery.
· Provides peer support knowledge related to treatment including methadone, buprenorphine or extended release naltrexone injection maintenance treatment.
· Assists individuals in seeking and receiving services to meet individual social needs and provide support to facilitate client success to maintain recovery.
· Assists in the process of acquiring housing, necessities and skills needed to maintain daily and monthly household responsibilities and independent livings
· Assists the client in establishing a relationship with a primary care provider or additional medical care in a coordinated/team approach.
· Serves as consultants and subject matter experts in MAT and client participation in community support groups such as Narcotics Anonymous and Celebrate Recovery.
· Serves as linkage between clients and employers in the area to assist clients in obtaining and maintaining gainful employment.
· Assists with acquiring and developing life and social skills, education and other needs identified by the individual to promote quality of life after recovery.
· Acts as a role model for clients by sharing effective coping techniques and self-help strategies in promoting personal growth and development handling internal and external stressors.
· Assists and promotes positive health, wellness and lifestyle choices.
· Communicates client’s status on a regular basis, including, but not limited to changes in mood or functioning, medical issues and all crisis and health and safety issues.
· Documents all “no shows,” and communicates all difficulties contacting clients with appropriate office staff.
· Documents services provided regularly, concisely, and completely in accordance with clinical standards by office deadline.
· Attends all office trainings as well as regular clinical supervision sessions with assigned supervisor