Overview

Provides milieu management and ensures safety of individuals or groups in an addiction withdrawal management program. The Addiction Recovery Tech is responsible for supporting and monitoring clients while in the program and ensuring the physical environment is safe and clean. He/she will maintain close communication with clinical staff, nursing staff, and administration to ensure the client needs are being met.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with a client population that is actively intoxicated and/or experiencing symptoms of withdrawal. Provides guidance, safety, stability and direction to these clients.
• Identifies emergency signals and situations and reacts appropriately.
• Provides clients with their daily schedules
• Ensures each Residential client is accounted for during various checks during the shift
• Implements pro-social group activities for residents
• Crisis Intervention as needed
• Monitors the facility to ensure it is maintained in a neat and orderly manner and that all outside doors remain secured.
• Practices OSHA safety standards and disposes of biohazard waste according to OSHA standards.
• May assist in transporting admitted clients to hospitals, aftercare or other approved services as directed by clinical staff or program director.
• Effectively responds to the client's needs and problems, initiates and maintains positive interactions, timely response to phone calls, email and other requests.
• Participates in supervision by coming prepared. Reports high risk/problem cases using a problem- solving approach as well as feedback.
• Maintain safe environments for all residents