PT/ Casual Recovery Support Specialist- Weekends and Evenings bei Sojourner House

Overview

Sojourner House, located in Pittsburgh for more than 30 years, offers compassionate, faith-based recovery services to women and their children. We're looking for two Full-Time Recovery Support Specialist to join our team. If you have care and compassion, balanced with support and structure, you could be a great fit! Together, we can help women to successfully achieve their recovery goals.

The Recovery Specialist provides women and their children with supportive services. You'll get the chance to make a difference through teaching, guiding and monitoring residents to ensure their safety and best opportunity for recovery.

We are looking for one person for each shift: 2:30 PM-10:30 PM and 6:30 AM-2:30 PM 
 

What you'll do:

• Engage, interact and support women in our recovery program, while maintaining a positive, professional, and client-focused manner with a diverse population.
• Model and support clients and staff in health and wellness activities and with using healthy coping skills.
• Transport women in recovery to and from appointments, as needed.
• Help with childcare and support women with basic household management skills.
• Must be able to discretely handle confidential information and prioritize and balance daily tasks.
• Must be able to maintain a positive, solution-focused demeanor when responding to conflicts or problems.
• Support organization’s mission with a sensitivity of cultural diversity and workplace harmony.
• Provide gender-responsive, trauma-informed and recovery oriented systems of care.

Education/Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required with at least two years of applicable paid experience required.
• Certified Addiction Counselor and or Certified Recovery Specialist preferred.
• Must possess computer skills and administrative duties including the ability to learn and record all relevant software programs for the position (ex. Microsoft, Word, Outlook email).
• To work with children, you'll need to obtain Act 33 and 34 clearances, FBI clearance.
• Valid PA driver’s license.