Early Recovery Specialist at Pinnacle Treatment Centers

Early Recovery Specialist

We offer competitive salary, full benefits package, Paid Time Off, and opportunities for professional growth.

Aegis, a Pinnacle Treatment Center Network, is a growing leader in addiction treatment services. We provide care across the nation touching the lives of more than 30,000 patients daily.

Our mission is to remove all barriers to recovery and transform individuals, families, and communities with treatment that works.

Our employees believe we are creating a better world where lives and communities are made whole again through comprehensive treatment.

As an Early Recovery Specialist, you will provide clients with a sense of entitlement to their own recovery by involving them in their own assessment, evaluation, treatment planning. You will also conduct daily follow-ups with newly admitted clients via face-to-face or telephonic interactions as clinically appropriate. You will monitor and document any client circumstance that may affect her or his recovery, to identify and address potential relapse as soon as possible.

Pay Range:

• $22 - $25 per hour
• $25 - $28 per hour (Certified)
• $28 - $31 per hour (Licensed)

Benefits:

• 18 days PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 401k with company match
• Company sponsored ongoing training and certification opportunities.
• Full comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and accident insurance.
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP)
• Discounted tuition and scholarships through Capella University

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, license, or certification necessary to provide counseling services to our patient population.

• Maintain compliance with the requirements for counseling education hours and/or units (CEH or CEU) as determined by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and/or other regulatory agencies.

• Possess knowledge, skills, and abilities as it relates to:

  • The evaluation or patients, treatment planning and counseling services

  • The use, anise, and treatment of illicit drugs and addiction.

  • Organization and time management

Responsibilities:

• Manage caseload of all new admitted patients and provide individual counseling services, and group counseling services when appropriate.
• Maintain appropriate professional, therapeutic, and ethical boundaries with patients
• Conduct intakes, including discharge plans, Initial Needs Assessments, and Initial Treatment Plans within the timelines as required by applicable federal and state regulation, CARF guidelines and Aegis/PTC Policies.
• Provide patients with a sense of entitlement to their own recovery by involving them in their own assessment, evaluation, treatment planning.
• Conduct daily follow-ups with newly admitted patients via face-to-face or telephonic interactions as clinically appropriate.
• Monitor and document any patient circumstance that may affect her or his recovery, to identify and address potential relapse as soon as possible.
• Provide case management to coordinate care with external providers.
• In addition to attending weekly case conferences, participate in weekly meetings with clinic management to discuss patient progress.
• Comply with, and implement, the Clinical Risk Management policies, which includes evaluating patients for any high-risk conditions.
• Provide evaluation of patient progress in early recovery and recommend to management staff and program physician advancement to maintenance counseling when appropriate.
• Provide patients with evidenced-based and best practice interventions that will help ensure their program compliance (e.g., check-ins, behavior agreements, texting service, take-home agreements, contingency management, etc.).
• Promote a positive team approach for problem solving and evaluating challenging clinical situations.
• Development of recovery support materials (e.g., transition cards, motivational cards, ERS graduation gift, etc.)
• Review patient’s records and other documentation for accuracy, completion, and compliance with regulations and internal Policies, Protocols, and Procedures using the recommended compliance, evaluation tools.
• Provide individual counseling for patients who have missed regularly scheduled counseling appointments as needed and appropriate.
• Maintain competence by attending necessary trainings and receiving feedback pertinent to the Early Recovery Specialist position.

Join our team. Join our mission.

Education

• Bachelors or better in Counseling and Personnel Services or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• LCSW
• CDAC
• CADC

Behaviors

• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Pinnacle Treatment Centers is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit and other legitimate business considerations. We want to have the best available persons in every job. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, traits historically associated with race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), parental leave, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, non-merit based factors or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.