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About the Role

Residential Specialists provide support to individuals experiencing challenges in daily life that create risk for an escalation of symptoms that cannot be managed in the individual’s home and community environment. Through the use of the Need Adapted Treatment Model, staff provide health and wellness coaching, reoccurrence prevention planning, wellness activities, family support, conflict resolution, and referrals and linkage services. The goal is to stabilize crisis to support a guest’s safe return to their community and to provide preventive measures for reducing unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

Responsibilities

Teach individuals to look at crisis differently and utilize wellness tools to prevent future crises or to decrease the intensity of personal crisis.
Work closely with Health Homes, hospitals and treatment providers to develop an integrated plan of care including mental health, physical health, substance abuse services, and community supports necessary for individuals to succeed in the community.
Provide advocacy, supportive counseling and referral and linkage services for program guests as needed and as assigned by the Program Director.
Provide recovery oriented services incorporating Need Adapted Treatment and Motivational Interviewing.
Provide coverage for the program as reflected in staffing plan, including overnights as required.
Completes all required documentation, in timelines in accordance with program standards.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and 1-3 years of relevant experience working with individuals with Mental Health or Chemical Dependency disorders, or have a Bachelor’s Degree required.
Student or intern within a DOH-approved NYS education department program, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Counselor (CASAC) also qualify.
Work experience in a behavioral health or related setting preferred, preferably using the recovery model.
A respect for and high level of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisis.
Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving and de-escalation skills to assist with creating and maintaining an environment that promotes recovery.

Skills

Health and wellness coaching
Reoccurrence prevention planning
Wellness activities
Family support
Conflict resolution
Referrals and linkage services
Need Adapted Treatment Model
Motivational Interviewing
Advocacy
Supportive counseling
Critical thinking
Problem-solving
De-escalation skills

Location

Syracuse
Oneida
Oswego
Auburn

Work Type

Part Time
Evenings
Weekends
Overnights

Experience Level

1-3 years of relevant experience
Entry level experience

Education Level

High School Diploma or equivalent (GED)
Bachelor’s Degree
Student or intern within a DOH-approved NYS education department program
Licensed Practical Nurse
Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Counselor (CASAC)

Salary/Compensations

$20.00 per hour

Benefits

Home like setting
Relaxed atmosphere
Variety of work hours
Mentorship
Ability for growth in the agency
Peer Certification hours

About the Company

Liberty Resources has 4 Crisis Residence locations with 3-8 beds in Syracuse, Oneida, Oswego, and Auburn.
The respite homes are community based residential programs that provide a therapeutic environment for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
The program provides Peer Support Services utilizing individuals with a history of lived experience with mental health challenges and a willingness to share their story as well as Crisis Support Staff who have extensive experience in the field.
Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support.
We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities.
We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.
Welcome to Wholehearted Health!

Equal Opportunity

Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
Liberty Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer.