Open Positions

Recovery Specialist - on-call/prn

Responsibilities
on-going recruitment. Recovery Specialist work in Peer Support Services and are consumer centered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus. It is designed to promote skills for coping with and managing psychiatric symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of community living skills.

Duties
Activities included must be intended to achieve the identified goals or objectives as set forth in the consumer's individualized treatment plan. The structured, scheduled activities provided by this service emphasize the opportunity for consumers to support each other in the restoration and expansion of the skills and strategies necessary to move forward in recovery. Peer Support Service is a face-to-face intervention with the consumer present. Services can be provided individually or in a group setting. The majority of Recovery Specialist contacts must occur in community locations where the person lives, works, attends school, and/or socializes. Recovery Specialist are required to complete the departmental trainings to include a state approved standardized basic training program. Individual must self identify as a present or former consumer of mental heath services.

To Apply:
Apply in person or submit a cover letter and resume to:
Valeo Behavioral Health Care
Human Resources
5401 SW 7th Street
Topeka, KS 66606
You can fax your cover letter/resume to 785-273-7489.
Valeo is an EOE

Job Requirements Include:
Requirements
High school diploma or GED required. The Recovery Specialist must be reliable, responsible, able to work a flexible and varied schedule and have the ability to interact effectively with others, and to respond appropriately to emergency situations. In addition, the individual must be 18 years of age or older; be able to pass a KBI security check and an SRS Child and Adult Abuse Registry check, completed agency and state identified trainings with Valeo Behavioral Health Care, and if have reliable transportation must carry liability auto insurance and valid drivers license. Individual must self identify as a present or former consumer of mental health services and model successful recovery strategies. This position requires knowledge of basic computer skills.