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Job description
Weekdays! No nights, weekend or holidays!
General Description:
To support Persons in recovery from addiction through promoting wellness and creating community networks. The Addiction Recovery Coach will promote person centered self determination and decision making through the use of their own recovery stories and lived experience.
Essential Job Functions
Interact with persons served individually, in-person or over the phone, in order to aid in their recovery from addiction
Assist persons served in developing a comprehensive wellness plan that addresses their wellness goals including abstinence and/or harm reduction
Provide information on resources that meet the needs of persons served
Help persons served navigate systems, self advocate and establish community connections.
Accompany persons served to meetings in order to enhance their recovery experience (AA, faith-based, criminal justice settings, etc.)
Assist persons served in connecting with treatment and recovery support services
Encourage hope, optimism, and healthy lifestyles for enrolled individuals
Occasionally transport clients to appointments
Develop and maintain relationships with community resources which support recovery and wellness
Other duties as assigned by supervisors
Administrative functions Complete all required paperwork i.e. Wellness Plans and other documentation, SALs, weekly calendar, mileage accounting, etc.
Provide claim information for third party payors.
Attend all scheduled supervision sessions.
Participate in staff meetings and other training and workshops.
Follow all agency policies and procedures.
Other Requirements : Must have a Massachusetts driver's license and a registered car
If in personal recovery, a minimum of one year continuous abstinence
CORI background check and RMV check
Qualifications and Skills Certification from an approved Recovery Coach curriculum; preferred; must be willing to complete Recovery Coach coursework within three months of hire and pursue certification upon completion of coursework.
Individual with lived experience and possessing strong personal skills and professional peer support skills to self disclose in a manner that is trauma sensitive for the purpose of promoting recovery and wellness for persons served.
Open to medication assisted treatment and harm reduction concepts and goals;
Proficient computer skills
Strong listening, oral and presentation (communication) skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse population
Ability to honor recovery coaching ethics and confidentiality
Knowledge of community resources and ability to connect with those resources
Required Training Human Rights
CPR
First Aid
OSHA
BSAS required training, including but not limited to Opioid Overdose Prevention, Medication Assisted Treatment, HIV and Hep C.
Corporate Compliance
All required and applicable Brien Center training/ meetings
Worksite address
north adams, MA, 01247, US
Who can apply
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