Recovery Support Specialist UPC Pool/PRN

Company: Connections Health Solutions
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: April 23, 2025

Job Description:

We're not just behavioral health people-we're crisis people. -Connections Health Solutions is a leading provider of immediate-access behavioral health crisis care. Our team combines medical and recovery-oriented treatment to stabilize individuals in crisis and connect them to community-based resources for ongoing recovery. - - -Founded by emergency room psychiatrists Dr. Chris Carson and Dr. Robert Williamson, our model is physician-led and data-driven, drawing upon more than 15 years of crisis care expertise. Recognized by SAMHSA and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing as a national best practice, we've delivered invaluable treatment to hundreds of thousands of individuals facing crises. Our commitment remains consistent, to improve access, inspire hope, and provide the right support. - - -Our values shape our decisions, define our culture, and foster continuous learning and growth. - - -We accept people as they are, creating safe spaces where they feel valued and respected. We inspire hope by walking with people side-by-side, showing them grace and compassion. We act with intention, holding ourselves and each other accountable, and doing the right thing. We work as one team, trusting and supporting each other. We embrace change and innovation, striving to find better ways to fulfill our mission. - -We are on a mission to change the face of behavioral health. Help us save lives and make a difference. -What You'll Do: -The -Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) -provides -individuals with the natural -supports -proven instrumental in -maintaining -a strong and successful recovery. - The RSS -will -demonstrate -a strong personal recovery and be a positive example that recovery is a desirable and attainable goal. The RSS works in conjunction with multiple disciplines to meet -individual's treatment and recovery needs. - -

• Acts -as an active facilitator (or co-facilitator) in groups and individual recovery. Serves as an -individual -advocate and support resource throughout the treatment process. -
• Works to lessen the instance of seclusion (if applicable) and restraint by building therapeutic alliance and exercising trauma informed care. -
• Demonstrates knowledge -of community resources to help meet individual's unique recovery needs. Implements knowledge -of multiple paths of recovery and -promotes -them equally. -
• Works cohesively with multi-discipline -team through all aspects of individual's treatment and recovery. -
• Documents all encounters -with individuals in the electronic health record.
• Encourages and supports from a place of experience and understanding and willing to use appropriate self-disclosure. -
• Performs all other duties as assigned. -What You'll Bring: -
  • 9 consecutive months of personal Recovery experience
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Arizona Peer Support Specialist certification
  • The Company has a mandatory vaccination policy. All successful applicants must be fully vaccinated, including showing proper documentation, or otherwise be exempt pursuant to the Company's exemption process prior to their start date as a condition of employmentIt would be great if you had: -
    • Bilingual in Spanish
    • Experience using EMR
    • Workplace Behavioral Health/Substance Use Treatment or GMH Recovery experience.
    • Knowledge of evidence-based/person-centered skillsets, such as; Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, Verbal De-escalation, Harm Reduction, and Person-centered language.What We Offer: -Full-time only:
      • Employees (and their families) are offered comprehensive health insurance, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
      • CHS pays for Basic Life, AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability
      • Voluntary Life insurance option for employees and their families
      • Health Savings Accounts (with $1,000 to $2,000 employer contribution depending on plan)
      • Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)
      • 401k company match after 6 months (50% of deferrals up to 6% of compensation)
      • Generous PTO starting at 160 hours accrued annually and 12 recognized company holidays -All employees (Pool, Part-time and Full-time):
        • Employee Assistance Program to help with confidential emotional support, work life solutions, financial solutions, legal assistance, or online support
        • Online Subscription to Headspace, a digital mindfulness and meditation platform
        • After 90 days, you are auto enrolled in the 401k Plan -Connections Health Solutions is proud to be a Second Chance employer. Connections Health Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees and applicants.

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