Peer Recovery Coach — Guide Patients to Lasting Recovery

UMass Chan Medical School; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School is seeking a Recovery Support Specialist to provide peer recovery support services to patients with SUD and help them achieve sustained recovery. You will facilitate access to treatment, resources, and community groups while coordinating across multiple care systems.

You will serve as a motivator, advocate, and ally, using motivational techniques to address barriers, educate patients about addiction, and support goal-driven recovery within a

Qualifications

• Current Certification as a Recovery Coach or Peer Specialist.
• Minimum of 3 years in sustained recovery.
• Reliable transportation and comprehensive insurance coverage.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, physicians, social workers, and nurses.
• Strong advocacy skills along with knowledge of community based services, resources, and local recovery community.
• Comfort with multiple pathways to recovery from SUD and willingness to embrace a patient-centered approach.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between the recovery community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the patient's community, family, and social context to facilitate connections across systems of care.
• Engages with patients identified with SUD referred by UMMS.
• Meets with patients with SUD prior to discharge and facilitates patient access to next stage of treatment.
• Works collaboratively with treatment team to implement evidence-based services to patients with SUD.
• Helps patients navigate the healthcare system and social service system; accompany patients to appointments and meetings as needed.
• Provides transportation to clients to attend meetings and appointments as needed.
• Educates patients about addiction and utilizes motivational enhancement techniques to explore ambiguity and tip the scales towards treatment.
• Provides peer counseling and support patients in establishing treatment goals and achieving and maintaining recovery.
• Addresses barriers to successful recovery and serves as role model and advocate.
• Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups.
• Assists with access to treatment for SUD and co-occurring conditions, creating systems and procedures to rapidly identify treatment needs and determine appropriate level of care.
• Assists with data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation
• Develops a relapse prevention/intervention plan with patients and care team.
• Monitors patients' progress and evaluate outcome, using a patient tracking system.

Skills

Recovery coaching

Peer support

Interpersonal skills

Motivational interviewing

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Flexibility

Job description

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School is seeking a Recovery Support Specialist to provide peer recovery support services to patients with SUD and help them achieve sustained recovery. You will facilitate access to treatment, resources, and community groups while coordinating across multiple care systems.

You will serve as a motivator, advocate, and ally, using motivational techniques to address barriers, educate patients about addiction, and support goal-driven recovery within a