Recovery Coach

The Recovery Coach

If you love recovery, honor all pathways and have an interest in helping individuals reach their goals and live a better quality of life, this could be the most enjoyable work you do!

Location

Lowell, MA and surrounding areas

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 5:30am-2:00pm

Pay Rate

$22.90/hour

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance/additional voluntary insurances
• Company-paid life insurance/employee assistance programs
• Generous paid time off accrual
• Tuition reimbursement/loan repayment options
• 401k with company match up to 7%
• Discounts on wide array of services/entertainment nationwide

Responsibilities

• Promoting recovery and removing barriers and obstacles to recovery
• Serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or already in recovery from an addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs
• Modeling recovery principles and practices at all times
• Providing linkages to recovery-oriented, peer support self-help supports and services and community-based mental health, substance use disorder, and family support programs
• Serving as a liaison between the recovery community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the member’s community, family, and social context to facilitate connections across systems of care

Qualifications

• Achievement of a minimum of 2 years of uninterrupted recovery required
• Achievement of 3-5 years of uninterrupted recovery preferred
• Recovery coach certification required within the first 12 months of employment
• Ability to use an Electronic Health Record to document medically necessary clinical services
• Strong skills in the areas of communication, follow through, collaboration, and customer service
• Ability to read and write English and communicate effectively in the primary language of the program to which he/she is assigned
• Must hold a valid driver’s license
• Must have access to a safe, operational, and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport participants