Certified Recovery Support Worker in Keene, New Hampshire at Cheshire Medical Center

work as part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team providing emotional and informational support to patients and/or their families receiving HUB services. The Certified Recovery Support Worker will serve as a role model, mentor, advocate and motivator to recovering individuals in order to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. Work in conjunction with other HUB staff to ensure individual needs are met. Serve as a recovery agent by providing and advocating for any effective recovery based services that will aid the client in daily living. Assist individuals in developing a customized recovery plan; support them to articulate personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to-one and group sessions. Help individuals navigate recovery support systems and access resources including health and wellness, housing, employment, and other professional and non-professional services. Assist clients in setting up and sustaining self-help (mutual support) groups, as well as means of locating and joining existing groups. Utilize and teach problem solving techniques with individuals. Assist clients in building social skills in the community that will enhance job acquisition and tenure. Assist in obtaining services that suit that individual's recovery needs by providing names of staff, community resources and groups that may be useful. Assist clients in developing empowerment skills and combating stigma through self-advocacy. Educates and supports individuals in implementing a range of relapse prevention and harm-reduction strategies. Education/Certification: High School diploma or equivalent; successfully completed the Recovery Coach Academy training Experience: Self-identify as a person in recovery preferred, but not required; ability to demonstrate required work ethic and conduct regardless of length of time in recovery; ability to gather and assess patient information to evaluate needs; and ability to provide skilled/trauma-informed crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques