Recovery Coach - Reentry Program (Her)

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Recovery Coach - Reentry Program (Her)

Chelsea, MA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 4356

Salary Range: $56,340.00 To $67,272.00 Annually

North Suffolk is looking for a Recovery Coach to join our Renew Her/Re-entry team! Individuals in this position must be grounded in peer-assisted recovery. Because of his/her life experience with substance use, the recovery coach provides expertise that clinical training cannot replicate. Recovery coaches specializing in re-entry services play a critical role in supporting individuals as they transition from substance use treatment or incarceration back into their communities. These professionals provide guidance, support and motivation to help recoverees navigate the challenges of reintegration, focusing on sustainable recovery, healing, and self-sufficiency.

This is a full-time position; 36 hours per week with some nights and weekends required.

What you’ll do:

• Supervise and/or coach recoverees, based on their needs, in recovery-oriented skills, activities of daily living, socialization, and community integration.
• Implement, teach, assist and/or coach persons served with their individual action plan or recoverees who have developed their own wellness plan to review their goals and objectives on a consistent basis.
• Interface with all collateral contacts working with the persons served or recoverees coached. (I.e. Probation Officers, individual therapists, and self-help sponsors).
• Develop and enhance peer driven educational services.
• Participate in upkeep and maintenance of program.
• Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of persons served and program.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.
• Participate in the provision of services to persons served by co-facilitating groups (in conjunction with professional staff) to provide support for increased stability in their lives through recovery and a better understanding of their symptoms of relapse as well as symptoms of mental illness.

What you’ll need:

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in a field other than behavioral health sciences or have a high school degree/GED required.
• Experience:
  • Knowledge and experience of the addiction treatment service system, recovery coaching and other related human services
  • Must have work experience with adults diagnosed with substance use and/or dependency.
• Skills:
  • Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) certification preferred.
  • Two years of acknowledged continuous sobriety required

Competitive & Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Time Off – Two weeks’ Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
• Eligible employer for the PSLF program
• Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Access to Credit Union Banking
• Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Comprehensive Training Program
• Internal Advancement Opportunities