Recovery Coach - FT

Recovery Network of Programs; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Recovery Network of Programs, Inc. (RNP) in Bridgeport, CT is hiring a Recovery Coach to support individuals with substance use, mental health issues, and homelessness.

You will conduct self-directed, strength-based coaching and lead groups, while connecting clients to community resources in a recovery-focused environment. The role requires lived recovery experience, CCAR/RSS certification, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• 2+ years lived experience in stable recovery is required.
• Completion of CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and/or RSS training is required.
• Established boundaries and ethics for professional work.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in clinical or medical treatment settings is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provides recovery coaching through strength-based principles.
• Leads group discussions and one-on-one coaching using active listening and motivational interviewing.
• Facilitates continued treatment and warm hand-offs to higher levels of care.
• Conducts screenings as the first contact for new admits.
• Intervenes during client crises with supervisor guidance and documents outcomes.
• Connects clients with community resources and pathways to recovery.
• Prepares supervision agendas and seeks guidance to meet job demands.
• Assumes additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Lived recovery experience

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Education

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy completion or RSS Certification

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Tina Klem Serenity House - Bridgeport, CT 06608

Recovery Network of Programs, Inc. (RNP), is a private, non-profit, social service agency which has been serving the Greater Bridgeport Community and Fairfield County area since 1972. RNP is dedicated to helping those living with substance use, mental health disorders, and homelessness. Our mission is to restore hope, health, and wellbeing for individuals and families in a recovery environment that embraces compassion, dignity and respect.

Hours: Monday - Tuesday 4:00 pm - 12:00 am; Thursday - Saturday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Core Functions

• Provides recovery support through self-directed, strength-based principles based on the Recovery Coach Ten Components of Recovery.
• Promotes recovery by leading group discussions, group activities, and conducting effective one on one recovery coaching sessions using active listening, motivational interviewing, personal, and professional experience.
• Encourages continued treatment after withdrawal management and helps to facilitate a warm hand off to higher levels of care within the RNP continuum and beyond.
• Conducts screenings as first point of contact for potential new admits.
• Recognizes the elements of client crisis, implements an immediate course of action (in consultation with supervisor) appropriate to the crisis and utilizes negative events to enhance overall treatment outcomes.
• Connects clients to community resources, organizations, and multiple pathways of recovery.
• Prepares agenda for supervision and utilizes supervision as needed to meet professional demands of job.
• Assumes all other appropriate duties as deemed necessary by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• 2 + years lived experience in stable recovery required. Completion of CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and/or RSS training.
• Established expertise and practices related to professional boundaries and ethics.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Office, Excel, Outlook skills.
• Ability to project a professional image.
• Demonstrates skills needed for employment in a clinical and medical treatment environment.
• Experience facilitating recovery meetings and groups, preferred.
• Knowledge of or experience with medication assisted treatment, preferred.

Certificates & Licenses

• CCAR Recovery Coach Academy completion or RSS Certification is required.
• Valid Connecticut driver's license is preferred.