Peer Recovery Coach - Guide Others to Recovery

Community Counseling of Bristol County Incorporated; Taunton (MA); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Health/dental/disability/life ins.

403(b) with employer match

Sick leave

Job summary

Community Counseling of Bristol County Incorporated (CCBC) is hiring Recovery Coaches for the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center. Provide services to adults with Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders, building confidential, supportive relationships and guiding clients toward recovery.

Work includes weekends: one Saturday per month and one evening per week. Ideal candidates have lived experience, CARC preferred, GED, and 3 years of human services/behavioral health exposure.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with substance use disorder and ability to use that experience to help others.
• Experience facilitating groups and recovery-based activities.
• Good organizational, written, verbal and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists in engaging with clients identified with substance use and co-occurring disorders, addressing barriers to recovery and serving as role model, ally, and advocate
• Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage community activities and participation in recovery-oriented groups
• Educates peers and staff about addiction and utilizes motivational enhancement techniques to explore ambiguity
• Provides peer coaching and supports clients in establishing treatment goals and maintaining recovery via multiple pathways
• Is available to provide support to peers in immediate risk of relapse during regular business hours
• Helps peers navigate the healthcare and social service systems
• Assists with access to treatment for SU, creating systems to rapidly identify Recovery Support Services
• Assists with data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation
• Serves as a liaison between the recovery community and treatment systems to facilitate connections across care
• May facilitate and/or co-facilitate weekly recovery support group(s)

Skills

Lived experience with SUD

Group facilitation

Organizational skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Computer skills

Education

GED

CARC Certification preferred

Job description

Community Counseling of Bristol County Incorporated (CCBC) is hiring Recovery Coaches for the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center. Provide services to adults with Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders, building confidential, supportive relationships and guiding clients toward recovery.

Work includes weekends: one Saturday per month and one evening per week. Ideal candidates have lived experience, CARC preferred, GED, and 3 years of human services/behavioral health exposure.