Roxbury, Massachusetts
Reentry Coordinator - Immediate Hire Job Opening in Roxbury, Massachusetts - Job Description Reentry Coordinator
Position: Reentry Coordinator
Department: Recovery Support Services
Reports To: Director of Behavioral Health Operations
Agency: Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a behavioral health treatment provider serving Boston and the Merrimack Valley. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care. Casa Esperanza?s vision of the future is that all affected by addiction and mental illness are empowered to lead healthy and purposeful lives. Casa Esperanza has an operating budget of $5.2 million and more than $9 million in assets.
Position Summary Statement :
The purpose of Casa?s Reentry Program is to reduce relapse and recidivism among Latino reentering citizens living with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (CODs) and help them develop skills to build meaningful, purposeful lives in the community. The Reentry Coordinator will use assertive outreach strategies to develop and strengthen systems Linkages to enhance and expand access to a recovery-oriented continuum of care and coordinate with correctional facilities to transition participants to Casa?s fully integrated, , reentry-oriented Treatment and Recovery Support Services to build the Recovery Capital (internal and external resources) necessary to lay the groundwork for change, support sustained recovery, and facilitate meaningful participation in the community. The Reentry Coordinator will help clients to make the transition from life in incarceration to life in the community, through the coordination of wrap-around recovery services. The RES will be familiar with and implement services using Motivational Interviewing and Motivational Counseling Techniques, as well as being familiar with both strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches to treatment.
Responsibilities:
Conduct assertive outreach to correctional facilities, parole/probation boards, and other organizations working with returning citizens.
Work with Project Director and Employment Specialist to create a Latino Reentry Network (LRN) to develop a comprehensive, multi-agency approach to improving reentry services focused on the unique needs of multiply-diagnosed Latino reentering citizens.
Work with project staff and LRN to implement an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, including facilitating overdose prevention groups in corrections, as needed.
Support individuals in successfully transitioning to residential treatment
Conduct pre-release assessments at assigned correctional facilities, including screenings for co-occurring disorders, overdose risk, and recidivism risk of potential participants in corrections.
Complete RNR assessment for individuals while incarcerated to determine target needs and appropriate programming
Support corrections staff in developing comprehensive transition plans for participants that addresses logistical and emotional transition needs and recovery-oriented goals
Provide Intensive Case Management and coordinate wrap-around recovery services for clients, including referrals to educational, vocational, family support, primary care, other medical, mental health, legal, transportation, and other needed services
Provide supported referrals to integrated primary healthcare services on-site
Provide transportation as needed for individuals coming to residential treatment from corrections
Consult with parole officers, providing all necessary information for the parole supervision plan
Work with Peer Recovery Coaches to engage clients in Casa?s Consumer Advisory Board to build leadership and empowerment skills to participate in the LRN.
Complete all baseline questionnaires
Document all client progress and manage client files
Complete baseline and follow up assessments, as needed.
Participate in weekly clinical team meeting to address client needs
Participate in program development with the clinical team
Attend grantee meetings and conferences as appropriate or required .
Qualifications:
Ability to obtain clearance for, and willing to travel to, correctional facilities
Minimum of 2 years? experience working in community corrections and/or substance abuse treatment environments;
Knowledge of working with individuals with co-occurring disorders
Experience working with and implement services using Motivational Interviewing and Motivational Counseling Techniques, as well as being familiar with both strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches to treatment.
Associate degree required, Bachelor?s degree preferred.
Bilingual Spanish/English, with intimate knowledge of the cultural social, economic, health, and substance abuse factors related to reentry.
Access to vehicle and a valid driver?s license required.
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
Associate
Required experience:
Substance Abuse and Corrections: 2 years
Required language:
Spanish
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