Direct Care Professional - Substance Use Treatment Facility

Job Description

Job Description

Direct Care Professional - Come Join Our Residential Team in a Licensed Substance Use Treatment Facility.

Description : The Direct Care Professional is accessible at the residential program location to oversee and ensure consistency of program expectations and overall operations. The Direct Care Professional provides day-to-day support to clients in the program, as well as executes administrative duties in alignment with general duties and responsibilities. The Direct Care Professional will report to the Direct Care Supervisor as his or her immediate supervisor.

General Duties & Responsibilities :

• Provides supervision and oversight to ensure safety and program compliance; performs appropriate tasks based on shift and residential service;
• Provides non-clinical face-to-face interactions that support and encourage clients achieving their level of recovery, wellness, independence and personal strengths per the client’s treatment plan with the appropriate use of boundaries;
• Provides collaborative services to clients via support, interaction, accessibility, monitoring; maintains proper and accurate documentation through various reports and related communications within appropriate health record system / information database;
• Effectively delivers and performs direct care systems and processes;
• Works with leads and supervisor in ensuring consistency and understanding of processes and overall duties within the role;
• Records daily progress and behavior reports from interactions, conversations, events and issues using a professional, objective style and voice; appropriately navigates communication workflow in the event of an urgent need or issue;
• Exercises mature judgment in appraising a situation and adopting an effective course of action;
• Tracks admissions and discharges to communicate with billing staff;
• Has a firm understanding of relevant state and federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures;
• Supports health and safety procedures and monitoring via assigned tasks;
• Conducts appropriate medication administration protocols based on residential service / location; maintains proper documentation utilizing appropriate platform / EMR.
• Conducts and observe urine drug screens and / or breathalyzer tests – prepares for lab send-off as appropriate;
• Utilizes TRC shuttles to provide transportation to clients in line with policy and to complete additional tasks off-site as assigned;
• Conducts room searches as needed / appropriate;
• Conducts client intakes and move-in procedures;
• Other tasks / duties assigned as needed and appropriate.

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Competencies & Skills :

Company Description

The Recovery Connection is intentionally designed to inspire a purpose driven healing experience on the path to freedom. Hence our name, we believe connection is the antidote. We aren’t just a drug rehab facility. We are a safe space of empowerment, supporting authentic and meaningful connections.

Company Description

The Recovery Connection is intentionally designed to inspire a purpose driven healing experience on the path to freedom. Hence our name, we believe connection is the antidote. We aren’t just a drug rehab facility. We are a safe space of empowerment, supporting authentic and meaningful connections.