About the Position

Are you passionate about walking with people on their recovery journey? Do you seek one-on-one connection with people? Are you interested in working with our neighbors working through substance abuse? Join our Outreach Team as a Temporary Recovery Specialist! We’re seeking a teammate who promotes harm reduction strategies and leads with compassion, loves building relationships, and is a strong advocate for our community.

As a Temporary Recovery Specialist, you’ll work in collaboration with our Outreach Team and Ottawa County Community Mental Health (CMH) to walk with our houseless neighbors by educating on harm reduction, connecting to recovery resources, and conducting wellness checks.

Regular Tasks in this Role - Working with guests facing addiction

-  Actively identify and provide connection to community resources provided by Ottawa County Community Mental Health (CMH) and other organizations that support the recovering person’s goals, by collaborating with the guest, Outreach team, CMH, and other community organizations.

-  Work with guests to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses regarding recovery and collaboratively develop their own plan for advancing their recovery and maintaining a harm reduction plan.

-  Connect Outreach guests to necessary supplies and provide referrals to harm reduction and recovery care, as needed.

-  Provide education and training around Narcan to the Outreach guests, and administer Narcan when necessary.

Coordinating with Community Mental Health

-  Maintain weekly connection with Ottawa County Community Mental Health (CMH) Addiction & Recovery Program coaches and leadership to advocate for guest needs and leverage existing resources.

-  Work closely with CMH substance use and mental health teams, and collaborate consistently with CMH Recovery Coach in order to provide the highest level of care.

-  Conduct post-overdose wellness checks for our houseless neighbors, in collaboration with existing county practices, and providing connection to treatment or education on harm reduction strategies.

Supporting and educating our Outreach Team

-  Work closely with the Housing Access Program Manager and VP of Programs provide and promote recovery and harm reduction education to Outreach guests, other Outreach team members, volunteers and partners as appropriate.

-  Educate on addiction treatment options, harm reduction, and mental & physical health services to best assist in a guest’s journey to recovery.

-  Collect and provide data on the Recovery program, as requested.

-  Locate and build relationships with clients experiencing homelessness throughout Ottawa county; identify their barriers and make appropriate referrals to local resources.

-  Assist clients with a variety of tasks including applying for benefits from local, state, and federal agencies and locating appropriate resources.

-  Carefully listening to client stories with the ability to both empathize as well as search for solutions to potentially ambiguous underlying issues.

-  Maintain timely and accurate program and client records.

-  Support team members with data entry, case notes, and database management projects as assigned.

For more details on the position and to submit an application, please visit our website here --> Part Time Temporary Recovery Specialist