Women's Direct Care Staff: On-Call

Play a critical role in leading our female clients!

Be the backbone of hope and healing.
At Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge, every role matters in helping people overcome addiction and find a new path forward. Whether you're working directly with clients or supporting behind the scenes, your contributions make recovery possible. In return, we offer a values-driven workplace, supportive managers, and opportunities to grow. That commitment has earned us recognition from Newsweek as a Best Addiction Treatment Center and seven straight Star Tribune Top Workplace awards.

This is for on-call Women's Direct Care Staff

Job Summary
The Recovery Coach leads and supervises clients in the long-term/IOL program, providing guidance and
oversight of activities during the work shift.

Essential Job Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty
satisfactorily. The essential functions include the following:

• Lead and supervise clients in the program on the living and programming floor(s), and during all
duties and activities during the work shift.

• Assist in performing client intake and discharges.

• Supervise and ensure safe self-administration of all prescription medications, non-prescription
medications and vitamins to clients.

• Drive clients to and from appointments and client outings.

• Administer and supervise UA testing and BA testing.

• Care for clients that are too sick to attend programming, including checking on clients hourly,
taking vitals (upon nurse directive), self-administering medication/vitamins, and bringing them
meals, etc.

• Develop healthy relationships with clients in the program, maintaining appropriate boundaries,
and being a role model and mentor.

• Be compassionate and respectful towards clients, at the same time being firm and direct,
pointing them toward their personal goals.

• Provide spiritual care to program clients. This may involve praying with clients, leading
devotions, and/or assisting with memorization of bible passages, all upon client's request.

• Assist clients in difficult or emotional situations or circumstances that may arise.

• Discuss behavior and/or attitudes that are interfering with clients or others programming, as
needed. This could result in the coach using a consequence management system.

• Model and enforce all program rules in such a way that teach the clients according to the
culture of honor and program guidelines.

• Take attendance and ensure the clients are accounted for and in the correct locations.

• Maintain the data entry for the daily facility log and shift report, ensuring these are kept up to
date.

• Maintain regular building security checks and record the security checks in the facility log (more
specific to overnight staff).

• Monitor evening lights out, and conduct morning wakeups to include cleanup, breakfast, and
morning devotions (more specifically to overnight staff).

• Complete room and person searches to ensure clients are in compliance with program
guidelines and document any non-compliant findings.

• Oversee client visitation with family members and people from the community.

Required Skills & Experience (Minimum Qualifications):

• High school diploma or (GED) required or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Must be able to meet at least one of the following requirements:
o a course of study in a health or human services related field leading to a bachelor of
arts, bachelor of science, or associate's degree; or
o one year of experience with vulnerable adults; or
o experience as a certified peer specialist according to MN Statutes Sec. 256B.0615.

• Must be comfortable working with people with life-controlling challenges, including mental
health and addiction.

• The ability to live and work by MnTC's culture of honor & core values - practicing compassion,
honor, respect, integrity, servanthood, and trust.

• The ability to live and work by the Recovery Coach Code of Honor.

• Ability to manage difficult or emotional client situations and maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to interpret bible verses and apply biblical knowledge in an appropriate and relevant way
to each client's individual life…