About this opportunity
TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities) lists this Recovery Support Specialist opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Recovery Support Specialist
At TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities), our mission is to empower people and strengthen communities with impactful services. Since 1976, we have been guided by the belief that every individual holds the potential for positive change. We advocate, support, and most importantly, empower people to break barriers, find recovery, and reshape their destinies. Through Specialized Case Management™, we create a world where recovery, justice, and empathy lead to thriving communities. Our foundation is anchored at the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal legal system. Today, TASC also operates at the forefront of transformative solutions. We are a social impact organization that embodies a future where health, safety and justice is synonymous with hope. We are TASC!
We are currently looking for a full-time Recovery Support Specialist Starting at $40,000 - $42,000 – contingent upon experience, education, etc.
In our Youth and Family Services, we help parents and young people who are striving to become healthy and restore their relationships. We work in partnership with human services, child welfare systems, juvenile courts, and community-based providers so that together, we can help individuals and families obtain the services and skills they need to live in positive, healthy ways.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist individuals in achieving service plan goals through direct services and coordination of behavior health, public agencies, and community resources.
Make contact within referred client within 48 hours of notification
Complete intake packets for program enrollment and participation
Complete warm hand-off of client referral to identified Recovery Coach Program after completing initial treatment referral
Attend client juvenile court dates and provide written and oral testimony on the client's recovery status and treatment progress
Provides referrals and crisis intervention for the individuals' identified needs
Interview individuals, review records, and confer with other professionals to review individual progress, and to determine their suitability for program participation
Knowledge of DSM V and ASAM criteria
Collaborate with internal and external partners, participate in staff meetings and monthly supervisions, and participate in integrated staffing with individuals receiving TASC services.
Identify and refer individuals with behavioral health needs
Complete and submit internal and external program reports
Complete and maintain all required individual and program related documentation which includes, documenting the results of screenings, enrollments, service plans, reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and other individual-related activities including accurate reporting of services
Monitor TASC database system and contractual/external database systems to ensure Individual enrollment
Develops effective working relationships with the internal and external partners
Participate in meetings to adjust, update or revise individual service plan
Obtain and clinically analyze progress reports from internal and external partners to ensure individuals' progress is on target with the benchmarks outlined in their service plan
Ensure that confidential information relating to the organization, its staff, and individuals is kept confidential
Be an excellent steward of TASC, modeling the core values of the organization
Our Ideal candidate:
Bachelor's degree preferred and/or three years' lived or professional experience.
Ability to obtain CADC certification within the first two years in the field.
Must Be able to pass DCFS Background check.
Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
Demonstrated experience in group facilitation
Certain programs may require a higher level of education, certification and/or licensures based on contractual obligations
Our benefits package includes:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance and Flexible Spending
Paid Leave - Short-term Disability (STD)
Paid Time Off/Sick Time/ Floating Holiday
Tuition Reimbursement
403 B (retirement plan)
If you are interested in this position, please visit the TASC website at and apply online.
TASC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free workplace. The agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status or any other protected status in accordance with federal and state law.
Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
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