Will provide direct support for individuals who are in or seeking recovery services to including family members, significant others or any other supportive allies. Recovery Coach will also make necessary referrals, coordinate services, work with the client in order to develop skills necessary to function in the community, make frequent contact with the client in their home and out in the community in order to assist with their every day to day living, practical everyday problems, promote assertive advocacy, provide transportation, build recovery capital and engage in an overall recovery approach with other team members in order for the client to maintain sobriety and achieve a continuum of care.

Required Education and Work Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent

~AND ~

• Must be out of a recovery program for a minimum of two (2) years.

Essential Functions

1. Conduct enrollment of clients into the program and collect necessary data as determined by the contract.

2. Complete a strength-based assessment of clients’ strengths, challenges, and goals in multiple life domains and assist in the development of a recovery plan based on the wants, needs, and interests of the client.

3. Employ brief interventions in the context of a peer to peer relationship to engage clients and encourage retention in program services; this may include crisis intervention, relapse prevention, and individual or family consultations.

4. Serve as the point of contact through the entire continuum of care from enrollment through treatment and aftercare, including providing information on available community resources, assistance in accessing services, coordination of services, and transportation.

5. Introduce and link clients to recovery community organizations, peer-run services, and other community organizations that will assist them in meeting recovery needs and building recovery capital.

6. Make frequent contact with clients while in treatment, in services, and aftercare through home visits, internet communication, telephone, or office visits to identify continuous needs associated with the client’s recovery.

7. Conduct follow ups at three (3), six (6), nine (9), and twelve (12) months in order to monitor progression and/or regression, intervene on a timely basis, and encourage continued recovery activities.

8. Facilitate peer to peer group sessions as assigned and in accordance with client and programmatic needs.

9. Maintain accurate, neat, and timely documentation on all case files and submit required forms for approval on a timely basis.

10. Maintain current knowledge of other available community services. Keep abreast of current literature and developments in the field; help establish curricula for living skills, mental health, substance abuse, and recovery to include social attitudes and laws about drug use. Perform other duties as assigned.

11. Pursue the Recovery Coach Certification at your own cost and at the established time by SOW

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position requires the ability to move throughout the community and occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Be knowledgeable and competent in applying the principles of recovery coaching in the context of the program, and those targeted by this program.
• Ability to interpret agency services and disseminate to clients and the community
• Ability to share personal recovery experiences and teach clients how to build recovery capital
• Ability to work with diverse populations and backgrounds, and establish empathy for the recovery population
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with professionals, clients, and the community
• Skilled in excellent oral and written communication

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person