Recovery Coach & Peer Support Specialist - Flexible Hours

Recovery Network Of Programs; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Recovery Network Of Programs in Bridgeport, CT is hiring a Recovery Coach to provide peer support and coaching for individuals and families facing substance use and co-occurring disorders. The role is full-time with standard hours and some flexibility.

Responsibilities include leading group discussions, conducting one-on-one coaching, performing intake screenings, and linking clients to community resources and treatment options within the RNP continuum.

Qualifications

• 2+ years lived experience in stable recovery.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Lived recovery

Professional boundaries

Communication

MS Office

Professional image

Clinical environment

Group facilitation

MAT knowledge

Education

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

RSS Certification

Driver's license

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Recovery Network Of Programs in Bridgeport, CT is hiring a Recovery Coach to provide peer support and coaching for individuals and families facing substance use and co-occurring disorders. The role is full-time with standard hours and some flexibility.

Responsibilities include leading group discussions, conducting one-on-one coaching, performing intake screenings, and linking clients to community resources and treatment options within the RNP continuum.