Recovery Specialist

The Recovery Specialist will provide rehabilitative and therapeutic services, with a focus on supporting residents with substance use disorders, as part of a broader wraparound housing support services team.

What You Will Do

Provide trauma-informed case management, rehabilitative services, recovery support, and counseling to residents through a relational engagement approach that prioritizes trust, empathy, authenticity, and respect. Perform intake interviews and assessments, utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques, and develop and facilitate weekly recovery-focused groups and activities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires excellent verbal & written communication, organizational, and time management skills, as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have experience in building rapport and engaging in the most difficult to serve participants, and will be able to maintain strict confidentiality and sound judgment when handling sensitive tenant and organizational information.

Requirements

• CADACC I or II
• 2 years of experience providing substance recovery services
• Excellent verbal & written communication, organizational, and time management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work well independently and collaboratively with teams
• Understanding of the following evidence-based practices: Housing First, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, and Relapse Prevention Therapy
• Familiarity with substance use treatment systems, as well as behavioral health resources throughout San Francisco
• Ability to effectively engage individuals with complex behavioral health needs, including substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health and/or chronic medical conditions, in a respectful, trauma-informed, and nonjudgmental manner
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong skills completing assessments, Service Plans, and case notes
• Experienced with de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, systems, and platforms
• Understanding and practice of culturally sensitive components of direct service delivery through open dialogs and self-exploration with diverse groups
• Outstanding communication skills and high degree of emotional intelligence, cultural humility, with a proven track record to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare benefits
• TB screening
• Finger image screening