Phoenix Recovery Programs

Phoenix Recovery Programs Phoenix Recovery Programs offers drug addiction and mental health services to adolescent males and females. Including inpatient and outpatient services.

Phoenix Recovery Programs is a private non-profit organization providing residential and outpatient services to adolescent and young adult men recovering from alcohol/drug addiction. Each residence is licensed through the Minnesota Department of Corrections as a group foster home and has a licensed alcohol and drug counselor on staff. We opened our first facility, a boy’s house, in Maplewood, Minn

esota in May of 1994. We currently have 3 residential facilities for boys - 1 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 1 in Janesville, Minnesota and our original home in Maplewood. In October of 2007, we opened our outpatient treatment program (Phoenix Adolescent Outpatient Treatment) in Maplewood - providing treatment that is both adolescent/young adult and relapse-prevention specific. In November of 2008, we opened our second outpatient program in Mankato. Both of these programs are licensed through the Minnesota Department of Human Servies as treatment providers dealing with chemical dependency and co-occurring mental health disorder in an integrated setting. As most treatment programs do an excellent job of treating adolescent and young adult men for chemical dependency, we see our task as teaching our residents and outpatient clients to apply the skills they learned in treatment, in their daily lives ("practice these principles in all our affairs"). While recovery can begin with treatment, it is continued in the community when the client returns. We also know that some may need a transition between treatment and going home or emancipating into the community. We believe it is important that we introduce our residents and clients to the recovery community. To that end, we take them to at least 3 community-based AA and/or NA meetings weekly, require that they obtain a sponsor at one of those meetings within their 1st month, and attend numerous community-based recovery functions (campouts, dances, conventions, etc.). We also provide a weekly "Mentoring Night" where men with 1 year or more of sobriety/clean time are involved in recreation and socialization with our clients. With the mentoring program, we do periodic events such as paintball, walleye fishing charters, skiing, etc. In addition, our licensed counselors provide group and individual counseling to address issues such as continued recovery, relapse prevention, family, and living issues (anger, sexuality, feelings, etc.). We recogniz that many of our clients may also be dealing with a co-occurring mental disorder. To address this possibility, we refer to an on-site Licensed Pychologist knowledgeable around addiction for assessment and treatment of mental health issues, as well as a Psychiatrist specializing in adolescent issues for medication, if needed. Our counselors also work closely with these mental health professionals, referents and concerned professionals to provide the best possible care and aftercare for our residents. All of our residents and many of our outpatient clients still in school attend a public recovery high school specifically for students in recovery from addiction, providing a safe, drug-free environment in which to continue their education. The schools also provide continued support for ongoing recovery and connection to a peer group of other adolescent and young adult men in recovery from addiction. As we believe that their families are the most important source of support for our clients, we provide and strongly encourage attendance at weekly family support groups and schedule individual family counseling sessions regularly. We also urge families to become involved in a weekly 12 Step support group of their choosing (Al-Anon, AA,NA, etc.). We will make referrals to family therapy and/or individual therapy for clients and/or their family members as the need arises. While we are an abstinence based 12 step program and believe addiction is a disease that is treatable, we recognize this disease is chronic, that relapse is sometimes part of the recovery process and some may relapse several times before achieving long term recovery. To that end, our doors are always open to our clients whether they need a period of residential care, additional outpatient treatment, or 1 or 2 individual sessions to get back on track.

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04/28/2023

Sadly- my dad and the founder of Phoenix Recovery Programs died today. Howie drew upon his own childhood trauma to fulfill his dream of helping young kids in similar situations. For 28 years Phoenix worked hard to do just that. For all of you that were a part of the Phoenix dream or have a success story to share, I would love to hear your testimonial.

- Wendy Sparks

Howard Meier -
Husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle & friend to many, was called home to rest in peace on Thursday, April 27th, 2023. He leaves behind his wife of over 52 years, 2 daughters, 5 granddaughters, 2 grandsons and many siblings, nieces and nephews. Howie took great pride in his 44 years of sobriety and was a caring, kind-hearted counselor with a passion for helping those that also struggled with addiction. He devoted his time to the recovery community as a sponsor, mentor, and friend. He will forever be missed by his family and the many others who loved him.

Phoenix Recovery Programs is growing in Mankato!
12/31/2021

Phoenix Recovery Programs is growing in Mankato!

06/22/2021

We are looking to hire more Residential Staff!!

Shift Hours Available:
Week hours (M-F)
3:15PM-11:15PM
11:15PM-7:00AM

Weekends (Sat-Sun)
9:00AM-11:15PM.

Please reach out if interested and we can give more details on the jobs!

Happy Friday Phoenix Supporters!! We hope you have a fun and safe weekend! Make the most out of every moment and opport...
06/11/2021

Happy Friday Phoenix Supporters!! We hope you have a fun and safe weekend! Make the most out of every moment and opportunity. Please don't hesitate to connect with us. 🙂

06/02/2021

WE ARE HIRING!! Day staff and overnight positions available!

Full Job Description- Residential Technicians
The Residential Technician provides care, coaching, and leadership to adolescent residential clients, and care and maintenance of the facility and other company property, in a manner consistent with the Phoenix mission, policies and procedures, and all applicable laws, rules, statutes and ethics as defined by both outside entities and from within.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Client Supervision

Monitor, coach, and assist residents in performance of activities of daily living in accordance with goals and problem areas identified on their individual treatment plans.
Lead the clients in a confidential, therapeutic, nurturing, and responsible manner, maintaining a high level of professional and ethical conduct.
Safely transport residents to and from school, appointments, groups, and other activities, following all traffic laws.
Interact appropriately with all visitors, family members, and care providers of the residents’, maintaining a high level of professional and ethical conduct.
Carry out responsibilities pertaining to the efficient and therapeutic operation of the facility, including recovery events, activities, and outings, while utilizing safety management, emergency procedures and non- violent crisis intervention.
Manage crisis and emergency situations involving residents.
Contact on-call with all questions and issues, notifying them of the client group’s whereabouts, and with a nightly staff check-in after the clients are in bed.

Medication

Monitor clients’ self-administration of medications and enter the correct time, dosage, and medication given in the clients’ medication administration record.
Monitor clients for any medication side effects and report them in the shift report, calling on-call for any immediate side effect concerns, or calling 911 for any emergency side effect concerns.
Complete medication counts and prepare medication cups every morning or evening, ensuring that accurate counts are reported, and remaining medications are stored properly in the locked medication storage compartment.
Ensure any medication needing to be pre-packed for passes or for dispensing during the mid-day are packed and delivered to the necessary entities.

Client Documentation

Maintain client and program records in accordance with applicable company procedures, standards, and licensing requirements.
Maintain updated logs for: medication, pass, illness/injury, professional/parent, family/sponsor, and community service activities.
Complete and upload shift reports to OneDrive at the end of your shift.

Maintenance

Perform cleaning duties and maintenance tasks assigned by the Residential Leader or other designated staff.
In-service Training

Attend and/or assist with in-service training as required to remain knowledgeable in areas of focus related to the program. This includes, but is not limited to, HIV training annually, CPR and first aid training every two years, and ethics training.
Attend staff meetings as appropriate and meet regularly with the Residential Leaders and peers to exchange pertinent information and to receive supervision and guidance.
Complete these duties, as well as any other duties as assigned by the Residential Leader, thoroughly and promptly within indicated deadlines.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Minimum: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Preferred: 2+ years of experience working in residential programs and/or education in alcohol and drug counseling, mental health, criminal justice, social work, or other related field. Educational, professional, and/or personal experience with the 12 Step program of recovery is also preferred.

Must have a minimum of 2 years free from problematic substance use; must be at least 21 years of age unless an age variance is approved by the program licenser.

All employees must be able to successfully pass a background check required by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

PLEASE message with any questions! Thank you!

06/01/2021

Happy Summer Everyone!

Phoenix is looking for some fun activities for our clients to participate in. Please reach out if you would like to donate an activity or provide money for us to use. The guy's love being outside and doing team-building games and activities. Anything would be helpful to keep these guys moving and outside this summer!

THANK YOU!

Address

2055 White Bear Avenue N
Maplewood, MN
55109

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

(651) 403-6409

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Phoenix Recovery Programs is a private non-profit organization providing residential and outpatient services to adolescents recovering from alcohol/drug addiction. Each residence is licensed through the Minnesota Department of Corrections as a group foster home or through the Minnesota Department of Human Services as a Children’s Residential Facility. We opened our first facility, a boy’s house, in Maplewood, Minnesota in May of 1994. We currently have 2 residential facilities for boys - 1 in White Bear Lake and our original home in Maplewood. In November of 2008, we opened our outpatient with lodging girls program in Mankato, with the group home in Janeville. Finally, in December 2018, we added a community outpatient program for adolescents in our Mankato office.