Recovery Coach

About the role

The Recovery Coach is responsible for providing community-based recovery services to an assigned caseload of clients referred through the Recovery Center. Specific duties include contributing to the development of the ethical framework for recovery services, conducting outreach, organizing community-based pro-social activities, and facilitating peer-to-peer support groups.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of the ethical framework for delivery of recovery services and conducts all recovery coaching activities within this framework.
• Contributes to the development of a community resource book.
• Aids participants in completing a Wellness Plan.
• Provides guidance, support, and recovery coaching for participants in accordance with their Wellness Plan and engages in recovery activities and support services.
• Conducts outreach activities in the community.
• Organizes community-based pro-social activities and events.
• Maintains weekly contact with each participant for at least one half hour.
• Attends monthly Recovery Coach support group.
• Helps to facilitate Peer to Peer recovery support groups.
• Maintains weekly Recovery Coach contact log.
• Conducts educational presentations for providers of local recovery support services.
• Conducts educational presentations to groups of prospective Recovery Coaches.
• Conducts educational presentations to groups of prospective participants.
• Eligible to serve on Consumer Advisory Board and project steering committee.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Ability to deliver culturally competent services to a diverse client population in an urban setting.
• Familiarity with the project's ethical framework for recovery services and the Recovery Self-Assessment and Planning Guide.
• A minimum of six months of community-based recovery with at least six consecutive months of abstinence at the time of enrollment.
• Good interpersonal skills, enthusiastic about recovery.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule.
• Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) certification, to be obtained within six months of hire.

Qualifications

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.