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Recovery Counselor Therapist - Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Company: Comhar Inc.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted On: 05/02/2025
Description:COMHAR is a nonprofit community-based organization. Our mission is to provide health and human services that empower individuals, families, and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives.COMHAR's CIRC (Community Integrated Recovery Center) model provides site and community-based psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults and seniors. Five different programs address the unique needs of individuals with behavioral health challenges, co-occurring substance use disorders, HIV/AIDS infection, and Spanish as the primary language. Individuals learn to become fully functional in their recovery through a strengths-based holistic approach that employs family inclusion, community integration, education, employment/volunteerism, financial counseling, housing, spirituality, and legal help. Additionally, educating individuals and their families about the recovery process through an empowering environment that promotes a resilient peer culture.COMHAR's CIRC Program is seeking a Therapist/Recovery Counselor to join our ever-expanding team.RESPONSIBILITIES:Education and Engagement - Engage individuals who may be at-risk and provide stage-appropriate recovery education and supports.
- Assist in the orientation process for persons who are new to receiving mental health and/or co-occurring disorders services
- Assess individuals in their abilities, strengths, and assets towards the development of a recovery plan that addresses all domains of an individual's life.
- Assist individuals in identifying their personal interests and goals using motivational interviewing.
- Provide individual and group coaching, counseling, mentoring instruction, training, feedback and positive reinforcement for individuals in areas such as money management, grooming/hygiene, meal preparation, public transportation, and other independent living skills.
- Educate individuals on evidenced based practices, e.g., illness management and recovery, Co-occurring disorders, supported employment, family psychoeducation, etc.
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and competence and be trauma informed as relevant to the needs of individuals in recovery
- Educate individuals in understanding their Wellness Recovery Action Plans as a means to recognize early triggers and signs of relapse, and use of individual coping strategies as an alternative to more restrictive services
- Educate individuals about self-help resources, e.g., Double Trouble, 12 Step, or other self-help groups for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
- Engage individuals in individual and group psychotherapy to address issues that pertain to their recovery.
- Engage family members in working with individuals to explore family dynamics in family therapy.
- Work closely with Certified Peer Specialists to encourage peer supports and services that can assist individuals towards achieving a greater sense of well-being.Community Integration
- Assist and support individuals in utilizing educational and support groups, activities deemed beneficial by the program community, e.g., warm line, calendar of events, etc.
- Assist individuals in developing and practicing the skills selected and defined in their recovery plans. This may include off-site coaching sessions while the individual is attending community appointments or participating in activities, e.g., social, leisure, and recreational activities, and fostering spiritual connections with faith-based organizations, and participating in 12 Step fellowships, self-help, and mutual support groups.
- Coach individuals in utilizing community resources and peer supports outside of the facility to promote community integration, e.g., public transportation, computer educational/G.E.D. classes, vocational services, (OVR, job training), health and wellness, banking, and financial entitlements, etc.
- Assist and teach individuals in learning how to access and maintain stable housing.
- Support and engage individuals in the process of obtaining reasonable accommodations.
- Support the individual and engage families, friends, and significant others in connecting with person in recovery and in learning how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships.
- Provide individual and family therapy in individual's home if there are barriers for individual and family members to travel to facility.Advocacy/Case Management
- Mediates and advocates on behalf of the individual to help him/her obtain and keep housing, health care benefits, employment, entitlements, etc.
- Support individuals in identifying their areas of need for treatment services.
- Identify barriers to full participation and develop strategies to overcome them.
- Provide education and advocacy within the community that promotes awareness of mental health and co-occurring disorders while reducing barriers such as stigma and misconceptions
- Assist others to understand and accept the concept of recovery and be supportive of a peer culture that promotes recovery.
- Actively participate in team meetings and engage individual, other team members, and family/significant others to provide input.Follow-up
- Maintain contact by phone or email with individuals who are absent or leave the program to ensure their ongoing success.
- Stay in touch with graduates and alumnae to encourage mentoring and support for other members and ongoing success for themselves.
- Provide re-engagement support if needed
- Follow-up on crisis situationsTraining and Supervision
- Complete of a 12-hour orientation on recovery/psych rehab offered by certified trainers to be completed within 1 year of hire or start-up of program.
- Complete at least 18 hours of training per year with at least 12 hours specifically focused on recovery/psych rehab, e.g., evidence-based practices, motivational interviewing, substance abuse, solution-oriented coaching, cultural sensitivity, harm reduction, etc.
- Participate in and complete all CBH mandatory in-services
- Keep supervisor informed of all potential problematic situations/concerns/issues
- Keep supervisor and team members informed about individuals' strengths, accomplishments, and obstacles they are experiencing obtaining their recovery goals.
- Meet with supervisor face to face at least twice a month for individual supervision.Documentation
- Complete all required documentation in a timely, legible manner, e.g., recovery plans, progress notes, encounter forms, daily entry, etc.
- Utilize computerized documentation.Policies and Procedures
- Be aware of and follow COMHAR policies and procedures including those regarding confidentiality, HIPPA, compliance, personal policies, etc.Quality Improvement
- Participate in quality improvement and data gathering, e.g., surveys, outcomes, record reviews, self-assessments, individual satisfaction, etc.Other Duties
- Assume other duties as assigned by director.Requirements:REQUIREMENTS:
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