Job Opportunity At HealthRIGHT 360
HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.
Health RIGHT 360 offers residential treatment services designed to serve individuals and families with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our program helps clients address addiction and related issues, increase skills, manage stressors, connect to supportive services, and build a foundation for lasting recovery. Residential programs run 24/7 and include individual and group therapy, family therapy, individualized case management, treatment planning, drug and alcohol counseling, medication support services, and crisis intervention.
Benefits and perks:
- HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
- Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Work with mission-driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.
North County Serenity House (NCSH), a residential program of HealthRIGHT 360, was founded in 1966 to provide substance use disorder services in the community. NCSH provides a gender-responsive and trauma-informed environment, using evidence-based and best practices that recognize and account for the role that trauma frequently plays in substance use and criminal histories of women. For clients with co-occurring mental illness, we provide integrated substance use and mental health services which treat both conditions as primary. Our residential facility serves up to 120 women (with capacity for up to 20 children under 5 years of age) seeking recovery from substance use disorders.
The Monitor II, Health and Safety collaborates with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal treatment outcomes for clients, in alignment with HealthRIGHT 360's philosophy, goals, policies, mission, and vision. This role involves overseeing clients and their children throughout the facility, with shifts that provide 24/7 coverage. Oversight is maintained at all times, including but not limited to clients during chores, visiting hours, mealtimes, medication administration, detox, donations, group activities, and free time. The Monitor II, Health and Safety also provides crisis intervention and client stabilization.
This is a union position.
Key Responsibilities
Direct Service:
- Remain alert and stay awake during the entire overnight shift.
- Maintain a high degree of self-awareness and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
- Assist clients with intake, assessment, and orientation to program upon admission.
- Assist with checking clients in and ensuring unsafe items are not brought into the facility.
- Utilize trauma-informed care while applying crisis intervention, motivational interviewing, and supervision of the clients.
- Complete facility rounds on a regular basis to maintain supervision of the clients and facility.
- Provide facility coverage by supervising the clients during chores, visiting hours, mealtimes, medication line, detox, donations, groups, and free time.
- Seek clinical consultation when encountering new and/or high-risk clinical circumstances.
- Monitor visiting hours and address safety concerns.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the treatment team and communicate any behavioral concerns to the client's Case Manager, Therapist, Medical, Psychiatrist, and others.
- Maintain frequent communication with the treatment team and engage in regular consultations.
- May monitor medication line as needed or assigned.
- Conduct random and planned room searches.
- Aid in storing and accounting for client's belongings at time of admission and at discharge. For clients that leave for unplanned reasons, assist in packing up their belongings and storing per policy and procedure.
- Complete random and planned urinalysis test and document test results.
- Transport clients as needed.
Clinical Documentation:
- Write and complete all progress notes within 72 hours of service delivery.
- Maintain compliance with due dates for all clinical documentation.
- Documentation must be maintained in compliance with agency policy and procedures to satisfy internal and external evaluating requirements.
- Document all participant UA's using the UA form and a progress note.
- Complete same day incident reports.
- Document behavioral support rounds every 30 minutes as assigned.
Administrative:
- Maintain full compliance with requirements for registration or certification.
- Attend and actively participate in assigned Clinical Supervision.
- Actively participate in agency and team meetings.
- Complete all assigned training in a timely manner.
- Read and respond to email when appropriate.
And perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education, Certification, or Licensure:
- High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in Health and Human Services, Social Work, Psychology, or other related field preferred.
- Registration as a Substance Use Disorder Counselor from an accredited California agency (CCAPP, CAADE, CADTP). Certification preferred.
- Valid First Aid and CPR certification or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
- Valid California Driver's License and access to registered and insured transportation.
Experience:
- Preferably a minimum of two years' experience in the human service field and demonstrated expertise in substance abuse treatment, relapse prevention, and recovery.
- Experience working with clients experiencing acute withdrawal from substances.
Must complete background check or livescan clearance. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.