Many of the founders of Emerge, and the leadership team at Five Star have been through recovery themselves. Whether they get sick or have cancer, or arthritis or a substance abuse problem, these are just people.” We encourage employees to have regular medical checkups, do everything they can to mitigate insurance costs, things that every employer is doing right now. “When we were looking at insurance, which one we were going to go with, at no point in the conversation did it come up. Rattin said employees were just as likely to get sick as they are to seek treatment for their addiction.
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Five Star Heating and Cooling provides health insurance for its employees. Supporting employees who seek treatment or hospitalization, developing a return-to-work plan, and implementing safeguards for protecting employee health information, are all things businesses can do to make their workplaces more recovery-friendly, Delaney said. “It’s a demonstration that people who are in recovery are one of these untapped resources for businesses and service entities for employees.” There’s some brilliant people in those 23 million, if they’re given a chance,” Delaney said. Those 23 million get lost in the sauce all the time. “Nationally, there’s 23 million people in recovery right now 40 million in addiction. Many employees at Five Star have addictions that are years behind them, Rattin said, but many societal factors, including health, the threat of relapse, or a criminal record, can threaten their livelihood. Only 10% of people suffering from addiction ever seek help. Stigma still is the number one issue for people who have addiction, said Greg Delaney, pastor and community engagement specialist at Woodhaven Residential Treatment Center, which works with Emerge. These are people who have been in recovery long-term.” “We’re not taking people out of a 30-day treatment center. “When we hire someone, just like any other employer, we are doing the due diligence on the front end to make sure they are in a state to do the job duties that are required of them,” Rattin said. It means providing extra safeguards and support to those employees when they need it.
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Being a second-chance employer doesn’t mean relaxing the standards with which customers are treated, they said. After that, once hired by a second-chance employer like Five Star, employees have further training and work their way up to going out in the field, Rattin said.Īt the same time, Five Star works on the back end to check in with their employees, have regular accountability meetings, and offer resources. Rattin said the company is doubling its revenue this year.Ĭandidates for the program will have already completed 30-90 days in residential treatment, before spending a year or longer learning their trade. “We hired 135 people in the last 12 months, and with not a lot of attrition either.” “We have people waiting to come work for us,” said Five Star Chief Business Development Officer Christian Rattin. By making a couple of accommodations to help people sustain their recovery, as well as embracing the “ecosystem” of resources and counseling, Emerge’s founding companies, like Five Star Heating and Cooling, have experienced less attrition, better attendance from employees, and have expanded their businesses at a rapid rate.
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The Dayton region has 37,000 open jobs in the trades, Edwards said.
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This includes having a place to live, transportation, learning life skills, mentorship and vocational training, which are necessary to to get their life back. Emerge Recovery and Trade Center’s model eliminates many of the systemic barriers that prevent individuals from achieving long-term success in their recovery, said Emerge’s director of philanthropy, Elaine Bonner.