Recovery Coach

Beckett Springs is a 96-bed behavioral hospital located Newburgh, IN. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Beckett Springs we are dedicated to Changing People’s Lives®

Members of our team enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation

• UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their schedule.

• Identifies and engages with patients/families during program to identify barriers and encourage continued involvement throughout full continuum of care.
• Responsible for reporting all changes, medical or psychiatric, to the treatment team
• Maintains documentation on all patients enrolled in program and charts all communication with and about patient care in patient chart, per policy.
• Comply with the established policy and procedure requiring a safe, clean, and therapeutic environment.
• Encourages or assists patients to engage in treatment programming
• Assist with de-escalation when needed
• At times may be responsible for observation and maintenance of safe milieu through patient checks, safety monitoring, etc.: completes 15 minute checks, monitors for contraband, evaluates for change in condition, and provides line of sight or one on one care as directed.
• Interfaces with patients, families, community resources, and treatment team members and performs case management duties to link to care and completes discharge planning documentation
• Demonstrates effective milieu management skills, which promote positive patient experiences.
• Accompanies patients to off unit activities, i.e. meals, outside breaks, off unit visits, etc.
• Facilitates or co-facilitates psychoeducational and peer support groups effectively, using established guidelines and/or prepared and approved information.
• Employs appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as required and according to policy and procedure.
• Maintain current knowledge of the program and protocol (policy and procedures) guidelines.
• Provides assistance in orienting and precepting new staff members to their position.
• Provides pertinent feedback to the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding patient response to treatment interventions that assists in the development and revision of the treatment plan.
• Complies with hospital policy, OSHA and CDC guidelines regarding the collection of various specimens.
• Employ principles of communication, interviewing techniques, problem-solving and crisis intervention when performing psychotherapeutic interventions based on plan of care.
• Trains staff on peer support specialist model as it applies to the Recovery Coach role at facility
• Serves on hospital established ad hoc committees, such a FMEA, to improve processes

• Experience:  Minimum of 2 years in recovery from a substance use and/or mental health disorder
• Experience working with individuals with psychiatric/chemical dependency diagnoses
• License: Valid driver’s license
• Additional Requirements: 
  • CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact. 
  • Peer Support Specialist Certification must be completed and obtained within one year from date of hire as Recovery Coach. 
  • Completion of additional age specific training within 30 days of employment as required.
  • Must be at least 21 years of age. 
  • May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.