TITLE: Student Worker, Bearcats Recovery Community, Student Wellness Center

TAG LINE: Join the Student Wellness Center!

The Student Worker of the Bearcats Recovery Community (BRC) will support the Student Wellness Center in developing and growing efforts related to students in recovery at the University of Cincinnati. The BRC is a community for students who are in recovery from substance use disorders. The Student Worker will support this initiative through creating a campus-based infrastructure to empower recovering students by providing support, preventing relapse, and promoting academic excellence. The BRC will offer peer-led support meetings, substance free social events, and educational events. The BRC is a supportive environment within the campus culture designed to reinforce the decision to pursue a substance-free lifestyle and provide academic excellence alongside recovery support to ensure that students do not have to sacrifice one for the other.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the planning and implementation of substance-free programming for students in recovery and sober students at the University of Cincinnati
• Assist with event set-up and take down during business, evening, and weekend hours as needed
• Attend staff meetings, one on one check ins with supervisor, and staff retreats
• Support the BRC strategic plans, goals, and vision
• Support all recovery programming and recovery meetings for BRC
• Mentor and interact with students in recovery
• Respond to student inquiries
• Support creation and dissemination of marketing and other publication materials for program including social media
• Serve as an on-campus resource for students in recovery
• Assist in the assessment and evaluation of programs and resources utilized by students
• Assist in the development of program documents such as manuals, expectations, contracts, policies, and annual procedures
• Assist in the marketing of available programs and resources for students in recovery to internal and external stakeholders.
• Other relevant duties as assigned

• This position will not provide clinical services for students in recovery. Rather, the Student Worker will focus on nurturing a community for students in recovery from substances, in collaboration with the Student Wellness Center.
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• To be considered for this position you must meet the following requirements:

• Is at least 16 years of age
• Enrolled at a post-secondary institution or a secondary school at least part-time (one (1) or more credit hours if at a post-secondary institution), except for summer term, or will be a registered student during the next academic term

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CONSIDERED:

• This opportunity is open to students in all academic majors

• Experience working with young adults in recovery from substances
• Should be self-starting, organized, and possess strong attention to detail

AVAILABILITY:

• Flexible scheduling - need to be available during the day, evenings and weekends

• Must be able to work with Microsoft Office and various social media platforms
• Ability to function as part of a team, and possess strong problem-solving, multitasking, and time management skills
• Need effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, and experience with the Microsoft Suite
• Experience with program planning and execution
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of Inclusive Excellence

The University of Cincinnati is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer / Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran.

REQ: 45761

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