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Recovery Support Specialist - Living Room

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- Living Room role at Association for Individual Development

$1000 Sign on Bonus. The Association for Individual Development (AID) is a non‑profit organization whose mission is to empower people with physical, developmental, intellectual, mental health challenges; those who have suffered a trauma; and those at risk, to enjoy lives of dignity and purpose. We are looking for a Recovery Support Specialist for our Living Room Program who demonstrates this mission and wants to work for an organization that makes a difference in the community.

Overnights 6p-6a, 3rd shift, rotating weekends, holidays, evenings.

The Living Room Recovery Support Specialist is an individual with lived mental health service experience. The RSS is the first point of contact, greeting and welcoming all who enter the Living Room. The RSS conducts assessments and develops crisis stabilization plans in collaboration with the client and the client’s identified supports. The RSS provides education and linkages to community recovery support systems, develops and facilitates positive relationships between consumers and team members, provides aid & support, increases participant motivation for services, assists with utilizing appropriate coping mechanisms, and reduces barriers to services by educating consumers about services, natural community supports, and transportation.

The RSS participates in AID’s internal RSS committee and completes continuing education yearly to maintain the CRSS certificate.

Attend to scheduled work hours and be flexible to meet client and program needs, as assigned by Program Manager or Director.

• Act as primary to triage and assist individuals in crisis.
• Responsible to provide independent program coverage when scheduled.
• Provide effective individual crisis counseling.
• Consult with case manager, etc.
• Use intervention tactics to reduce symptomology.
• Ensure the delivery of quality Living Room services; ensure documentation of assessments, suicide assessments, crisis stabilization plans, and appropriate referrals are completed.
• Administer screening tools including crisis assessments, suicide/homicide assessments and develop crisis stabilization plans.
• Offer and complete intake paperwork to provide a smooth transition to open client to long‑term behavioral health services during their interaction at the Living Room.
• Assist with maintaining and monitoring safety, coordinate engagement, contribute to a welcoming atmosphere, and provide support for expediting linkage to other programs.
• Provide education and linkage to community recovery support systems, develop and facilitate positive relationships between consumers and team members, provide aid & support, increase participant motivation for services, assist with utilizing appropriate coping mechanisms, and reduce barriers to services by educating consumers about services, natural community supports, and transportation.
• Build immediate rapport, provide emotional support and validation to individuals in crisis.
• Utilize motivational interviewing in triage to complete suicide/homicide lethality checklists to determine the severity of the individual and the appropriateness of the Living Room.
• Utilize de‑escalation techniques through active listening, emotional support, trauma informed care, and crisis intervention services.
• Repeat a suicide lethality assessment prior to the individual leaving the Living Room.
• Assist in providing individualized coping skills and resources and incorporate the development of an effective crisis stabilization plan that is client‑centered.
• Assist clients in returning back to their natural environment when stabilization is complete.
• Maintain and complete a daily log capturing client interactions including date, time, and location for each shift and submit daily log to supervisor at the end of each shift.
• Prioritize the least restrictive appropriate level of care for each individual served; however, acknowledge that there are circumstances which require additional intervention to ensure the safety of the…