Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. The organization is seeking a Veterans Recovery Support Specialist to work with veteran clients in a full-time role.
Requirements
- Peer Mentoring & Engagement
- System Navigation
- Recovery Planning
- Advocacy
- Community Outreach
- Crisis Support
- Documentation
- Provides information to clients and family members on mental illness, substance use, recovery and wellness, treatment options, and resources
- Works collaboratively within a team to provide a full range of services including mental health, substance use/abuse, physical health, case management and other social determinants of health support
- Spearheads community support interventions to facilitate illness self-management, skill building, identification and use of natural supports, and use of community resources
- Reviews results of client assessments/screenings and symptom checklists and supports clients when needed to complete symptom checklists and screens
- Conducts outreach and engagement for clients who may not be engaged in care or consistently miss appointments
- Provides medication monitoring and/or training to clients
- Participates in team meetings, huddles, and drop-in service time available to the team’s clients
- Co-facilitates groups as requested
- Assists team in identifying strengths and needs of clients
- Supports clients when transitioning to another level of care
- Maintains awareness of community resources and works to ensure service delivery maximizes available resources and services available within MFS and the community, as appropriate
- Prioritizes activities in collaboration with the supervisor to optimize client service delivery and achieve performance expectations
- Recognizes when to ask for help to maintain their own wellness plan
- Maximizes opportunities to expand knowledge and skills, and utilizes techniques learned
- Provides consultation to agency staff and the community, as needed, utilizing expert skills in training, conducting seminars, and working on special projects, as requested
- May serve on agency-wide committees and work groups or on community committees, as approved by supervisor and agency leadership
Benefits
- Medical Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts
- FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members
- Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match
- Sign-on Bonus for first-time employees with MFS
- Flexible working arrangements
