Background
Steve Church is Chief Operating Officer overseeing RECO Island's medical detox operations alongside the rest of the RECO network. He brings more than ten years of behavioral health experience, with a specific focus on the operational standards that medical detox absolutely requires — staffing, protocols, regulatory compliance, and the readiness to handle clinical events at any hour.
Medical detox is the most operationally demanding setting in addiction treatment. Steve's job at RECO Island is to make sure the operational layer is so reliable that clinicians can do their jobs without thinking about logistics. Twenty-four-hour staffing, medication safety, regulatory documentation, and physical environment all run through his function.
Approach to Care
Steve's operating principle for RECO Island is that excellent detox care depends on operational discipline. There's no shortcut — staffing levels have to hold. Med passes have to happen on schedule. Protocols have to be followed and documented. The physical space has to be safe, calm, and clinical.
His emphasis on team culture is what makes that discipline sustainable. Medical detox staff burn out fast in poorly run facilities. At RECO Island, Steve has built operational systems that respect the work — clear schedules, fair accountability, communication structures that surface problems before they become incidents.
Education & Credentials
Steve's decade-plus of behavioral health operations experience includes specific work in detox-level care, with expertise in 24/7 staffing models, medical safety protocols, and the regulatory framework around medical detox in Florida. He continues professional development in healthcare operations and clinical-administrative integration.
What to Expect
RECO Island clients don't meet the COO during their stay — but they're protected by his work every minute. The reason the nursing staff are present and competent. The reason medications are given on time. The reason every protocol that should be followed actually gets followed. Those are operational standards Steve has built into the program.
Families looking at RECO Island can be confident that the unglamorous parts of detox — staffing, safety, regulatory compliance, documentation — are handled at a level that meets the clinical demands of the work.
