Lead Recovery Specialist On-Call Inpatient

Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems.As part of the Telecare family, the Riverside County Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) is licensed as a -bed sub-acute residential program located in Riverside, CA. The program provides longer-term mental health recovery services // within a supportive, structured, and secure inpatient environment designed to help clients prepare to move to the community and/or lower levels of care. Shifts Available: On-Call | Shifts vary as needed | Days vary as needed | Hours vary as needed Expected starting wage range is $ - $ Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements. POSITION SUMMARY The Lead Recovery Specialist II ensures the completion of duties of clinical staff by supporting and clarifying Recovery Specialist and Peer Support Specialist roles. The position provides direct services and works with program leadership in developing and implementing policies, procedures, and services with the primary focus on meeting the physical and psychological needs of members served in a manner consistent with Rehabilitation and Recovery principles. QUALIFICATIONS Required: All Programs ·Must be at least years of age ·Must be CPR, First Aid, and CPI certified (hands-on course) on date of employment or prior to providing direct client care and maintain current certification throughout employment ·All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon successful completion and receipt of acceptable results of the applicable post-offer physical examination, -step PPD test for tuberculosis, acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded party sanctions, and degree or license verification. If the position requires driving, valid driver license, a motor vehicle clearance, and proof of auto insurance is required at time of employment and must be maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory, contractual, or local requirements may apply. Valid and current driver’s license, and personal vehicle insurance with your name listed as a driver. Willingness to use the company vehicle to drive clients to appointments and groups, etc.  Preferred: ·Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral health related field ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS ·Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders ·Oversees day-to-day service provision of assigned Recovery Specialists and Peer Support Specialists ·Shares milieu responsibility for members served with other team members ·Promotes and maintains harmonious and effective relations and communications within the program ·Develops clear lines of authority and communication via an organizational chart defining agency interrelationships ·Ensures that culturally competent services are available to all members served ·Monitors and evaluates all programmatic aspects to ensure quality programming in meeting changing needs of members served ·Meets regularly with staff to formulate operating decisions to achieve positive outcomes for members served ·Demonstrates responsibility and willingness to take and provide direction ·Observes, reports, and documents social, psychiatric, and physical behavior as well as potential risks of members served ·Participates in assessing needs for in-service trainings and their effectiveness ·Establishes and defines standards which ensure that safe practices are consistently followed within the program ·Uses a strengths-based, client-centered approach in all service provision and communication ·Maintains Clinical Quality Management System ·Understands and demonstrates the safety program in all activities ·Protects members served from behavior that could damage themselves or others, while maintaining their dignity and right to self-determination ·Communicates regularly with Clinical Director regarding program, clinical, and staffing needs For Fresno County MHRC ·Mentor new staff and provide training support ·Assists leadership in problem solving and crisis management for assigned clients · Must train the Recovery Specialist on behavior management and interventions as assigned by the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in the IBSP ·Implements behavior interventions and ABA principles according to behavior intervention plan ·Communicates regularly with Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)regarding program, clinical, and training needs ·If employed at inpatient program, must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training ·If employed at outpatient program, must evade members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, and/or changed at the discretion of management. SKILLS ·Ability to work effectively as a member of a culturally competent multidisciplinary team, a thorough understanding of residential rights, and knowledge of basic medical and psychiatric terminology ·Strong written and oral communication skills ·Ability to utilize good judgment PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit, bend, squat, kneel, crawl, twist, push, pull and lift and carry items weighing pounds or less as well as to frequently walk, stand, twist, reach and to do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetitive and dexterity and to occasionally drive and be exposed to uneven walking ground as well as Hazardous Exposure (Blood Borne Pathogens, Hospital Waste, Chemical & Infectious). EOE AA M/F/V/Disability If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous months would not be eligible.