Recovery Navigator

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Maintains the therapeutic atmosphere by upholding policies and 
procedures to assure order, safety, and day to day routines appropriate to adult clients with 
substance abuse disorders or co-occurring disorders. They ensure continuity for the efforts of the 
treatment staff between the daytime and evening hours, and between the weekday and weekend 
hours. This person coordinates various aspects of the clients’ treatment needs including 
orientation and assisting with admissions and discharges. This person may work with nursing or 
other clinical staff in administering medications, and charting.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Help with admitting, discharging, and de-escalating clients as necessary
• Perform Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) and Urine Drug Screen for each new admission.
• Assure that clients understand their rights and responsibilities and that they have 
thorough orientation to treatment milieu schedule, rules, guidelines, confidentiality, and 
releases of information, etc. and adherence to program procedures/policies. 
• Assist nurses with medications as necessary.
• Assist with ordering, inventory and stocking of necessary food, equipment, and supplies. 
• Assist in house meetings, educational groups, and solution solving when requested.
• Assist with client needs; clothing, medical, other needs- communicating needs with 
management and nurses.
• Clean and sanitize.
• Write client progress notes when required; communicate any program/client needs with 
Manager and other staff.
• Always maintain confidentiality of all clients 
• Role model of good therapeutic boundaries and ethical behavior to clients
• Conduct regular program rounds to ensure the whereabouts of clients and/or to monitor 
the safety of agency programs.
• Assist in agency compliance and development by keeping current with online agency 
trainings.
• Enforce all facility rules.
• Submit maintenance requests for repairs as necessary.
QUALIFACTIONS:
• High school diploma required
• COVID-19 Vaccine 
• CPR/First Aid (will train upon hire)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time
SKILLS NEEDED/EXPERIENCE:
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skill
• Must possess excellent decision making and critical thinking skills as member of team
• Knowledge of recovery and various addiction treatment models helpful
• Proficient computer and word processing skills
• Strong crisis intervention skills to effectively deescalate and problem-solve to promote 
safety and stability
• Awareness of how to maintain appropriate boundaries in the therapeutic relationship
• Ability to build rapport with clients and communicate a supportive, non-judgmental
attitude
This job description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work that will be 
required of this position. These duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned 
that are of a similar level of difficulty. Your supervisor may assign, direct and modify duties as 
needed. I understand that Addiction Treatment Services, Inc. is an at Will Employer and that this 
job description does not constitute a contract of employment