What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recovery Specialist position at Whittier Street Health Center?
Pay & Benefits
We are seeking a full-time Recovery Specialist in sustained recovery to join our Behavioral Health team. In this role, you'll provide recovery coaching, education, and support for individuals with substance use disorder across all stages of their recovery journey. You'll collaborate with clinicians, care managers, and community partners while also supporting the Moms Do Care Program through participant engagement, data tracking, workshops, and grant activities. This is a meaningful opportunity to use your lived experience to help others build stability, resilience, and long-term recovery.
Key Responsibilities
Use your lived experience to support, guide, and advocate for individuals on their recovery journey. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact and help strengthen community wellness and healing.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits
Experience
- Annual salary: $60K to $65K
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and accidental death (AD&D) insurance
- Employer-funded pension plan
- 403(b) retirement savings plan
- Generous paid time off, holidays, and bereavement leave
- Professional development and training opportunities
We are seeking a full-time Recovery Specialist in sustained recovery to join our Behavioral Health team. In this role, you'll provide recovery coaching, education, and support for individuals with substance use disorder across all stages of their recovery journey. You'll collaborate with clinicians, care managers, and community partners while also supporting the Moms Do Care Program through participant engagement, data tracking, workshops, and grant activities. This is a meaningful opportunity to use your lived experience to help others build stability, resilience, and long-term recovery.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a positive recovery role model demonstrating that long-term recovery is achievable.
- Coach individuals in identifying strengths, interests, goals, and growth areas.
- Support the transition from clinician-directed service plans to self-directed recovery plans.
- Promote self-advocacy and ensure that individuals' goals remain central to their care.
- Connect individuals with community resources, recovery groups, and support programs.
- Encourage engagement in meaningful activities such as education, work, fitness, and hobbies.
- Maintain regular contact with individuals after program completion to support sustained recovery.
- Recruit and enroll eligible participants into the Moms Do Care Program.
- Manage data collection and entry for required reporting systems (Virtual Gateway, GPRA).
- High school diploma or equivalent (Recovery Coach training strongly preferred).
- Minimum of five years of sustained recovery (lived experience required).
- Experience working in the addiction or recovery field is required.
- Strong understanding of local communities and effective outreach strategies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to demonstrate cultural and linguistic competency.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Use your lived experience to support, guide, and advocate for individuals on their recovery journey. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact and help strengthen community wellness and healing.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience
- Sustained recovery: 5 years (Required)
Salary : $60,000 - $65,000
