Certified Recovery Specialist

## Description

# The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth

1100 Adams Ave | Audubon, PA 19403

(610) 277‐3715 | [[email hidden]](mailto:[email hidden])

**JOB DESCRIPTION: Certified Recovery Specialist**

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| **Title:** **FLSA:** **Reports To:** **Organization Summary:** **Position Summary:** | Certified Recovery Specialist Exempt Chief Clinical Officer Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1983, TLC is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities—one moment, one choice, one connection at a time. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed training. Additionally, TLC collaborates with school districts, universities, hospitals, police departments, and nonprofit organizations, offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant funding The Certified Recovery Specialist will work collaboratively with the Montgomery County Overdose Response Team (MCORT), which includes Access Services and the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety (MCDPS), to assist individuals identified as having or at risk for opioid use disorder (OUD) in entering treatment and successfully navigating recovery after treatment. |

| **Essential Responsibilities**: **Skills & Knowledge** | - Provide support to MCORT’s crisis response team as requested. - Respond to referrals from MCORT partners within 72 hours in non-crisis situations. - Establish rapport with individuals identified as having or at-risk for OUD by MCORT partners. - Provide peer support, education, and information on treatment options, harm reduction strategies, and community recovery resources. - Work to motivate and encourage individuals to seek treatment who previously declined MCORT’s efforts to connect them with treatment. - Assist individuals in removing barriers to treatment. - Provide a warm handoff to assist individuals in accessing treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment, detoxification, inpatient and outpatient services, and recovery housing, as appropriate. - Serve as a liaison between MCORT partners, first responders, and recovery support services. - Provide continued peer support as individuals transition from acute care to longer-term treatment and recovery services. - Conduct follow-up contacts to support treatment engagement, retention, and relapse prevention. - Receive referrals from MCORT partners for individuals currently enrolled in treatment to support their recovery. |