Bilingual Peer Recovery Coach – Community Advocate

Casa Esperanza; Tewksbury (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation: $21.63-$22.12/hr

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Education Opportunities

Job summary

Casa Esperanza, Inc. seeks a Recovery Coach to provide non-clinical services aiding individuals and families in recovery from addiction and mental illness.

This frontline, in-person role emphasizes empowering clients, connecting them to resources, and supporting ongoing recovery journeys within an integrated care model in Massachusetts. You will help clients create recovery plans, navigate services, and participate in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years demonstrated personal recovery experience.
• Bilingual Spanish/English required.
• Current and valid Massachusetts driver’s license and a proven record of safe driving.
• Experience with homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence.
• Experience with ZOOM or other virtual platforms.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of community/recovery resources.
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently.
• Understanding of relapse prevention and harm reduction techniques.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication and technical skills.
• Crisis management skills.

Responsibilities

• Connect with persons early in the intake/admission process to offer an introduction to program services and to promote recovery by providing support, engagement, and hope to persons contemplating recovery from addictions.
• Assist clients in developing an Individual Recovery Action Plan.
• Help clients navigate recovery support systems and access resources, including health and wellness, housing, employment, and other professional and non-professional services.
• Facilitate support groups such as but not limited to NA/AA/HARP/Dual Recovery Group through Zoom as needed and document group notes in the electronic health record.
• Document all client encounters and other data as required and maintain up-to-date client records in the electronic health record.
• Train four peer leaders to deliver peer-facilitated educational groups and organize pro-social activities for participants.
• Assist clients with applying for health insurance.
• Provide transportation assistance to and from aftercare treatment and support services.
• Assist clients in feeling connected to a community of recovery through active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups.
• Share personal recovery experiences, if applicable, and demonstrate and model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Help clients to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self, personal problems, and the client’s part in creating them; assist persons to build skills that help promote their own recovery and self-sufficiency by providing them education about how to take an active role in their own treatment.
• Provide clients with ongoing education regarding substance abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tobacco, nutrition and exercise, and other health and wellness information.
• Utilize motivational enhancement techniques to explore treatment options and resolve ambivalence towards care to tip the scales towards treatment.
• Advocate on behalf of patients to help decrease barriers to care
• Works closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure client needs are met;
• Provides interpretation for clients, as needed
• Actively participates in biweekly supervision with the program director
• Attends mandatory MDT weekly meeting
• Support Lead Recovery Coach and Project Director with reporting requirements as needed.
• Serves as a liaison between administration, staff, clients, and volunteers; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration and independence

Crisis management

Bilingual Spanish/English

Knowledge of community/recovery资源

Tech literacy: databases/ZOOM

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Casa Esperanza, Inc. seeks a Recovery Coach to provide non-clinical services aiding individuals and families in recovery from addiction and mental illness.

This frontline, in-person role emphasizes empowering clients, connecting them to resources, and supporting ongoing recovery journeys within an integrated care model in Massachusetts. You will help clients create recovery plans, navigate services, and participate in a collaborative team.