Recovery Coach - Recovery on the Harbor

NORTH SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Disability insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Credit union access

Tuition remission

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services Inc in Boston, MA is seeking a Recovery Coach for the Recovery on the Harbor team. The role centers on peer-supported recovery, using lived experience with substance use to aid individuals in East Boston.

This full-time position (36 hours/week) may require some nights and weekends and reports to the Director of Recovery. The coach will support wellness plans, provide coaching, and collaborate with public health partners to promote recovery-oriented care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, GED or HS diploma with related experience in substance use services.
• Two years of sustained recovery.
• CARC certification preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing, personalized recovery coaching focusing on strengths, goal-setting, and relapse prevention.
• Assist with brief interventions to engage individuals with Substance Use Disorder.
• Promote a recovery-oriented environment and embed peer support across care levels.
• Foster communication with probation officers, therapists, family, and sponsors with release of information.
• Maintain flexible schedule to meet recoverees’ and program needs.
• Attend required trainings within timelines.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Recovery coaching

Peer support

Bilingual Spanish

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree, GED or HS diploma with related experience

Job description

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Recovery Coach - Recovery on the Harbor

2 days ago Requisition ID: 4359

Salary Range: $47,500.00 To $56,718.00 Annually

North Suffolk is looking for a Recovery Coach to join our Recovery on the Harbor team! The Recovery Coach is a person who is grounded in peer-assisted recovery. Because of his/her life experience with substance use and/ or other addictions, the recovery coach provides expertise that clinical training cannot replicate. Recovery coaches report to Director of Recovery and are fully integrated team members who provide support to the East Boston community. Recovery coaches also provide essential expertise and consultation to the agency to promote a culture in which recoverees' points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected and integrated into support, treatment, rehabilitation, and community-based recovery-oriented systems of care.

This position requires you to work some nights and weekends as needed. Full-Time 36 Hours/week.

What you'll do:

• Provide ongoing, personalized recovery coaching that focuses on strengths, goal-setting, skill-building, and relapse prevention. Support recoverees in developing and implementing individualized wellness and recovery plans, reviewing regularly, and incorporating peer-driven techniques and motivational strategies.
• Assist the City of Cambridge Department of Public Health and community stakeholders with brief interventions to engage individuals presenting with Substance Use Disorder.
• Promote a recovery-oriented environment emphasizing recoveree empowerment, cultural competency, and recoveree-driven recovery pathways. Support organizational efforts to embed peer support into all levels of care.
• Foster effective communication with collateral contacts such as probation officers, therapists, family members, and sponsors (with valid release of information). Advocate for the recoveree’s needs within the treatment and service continuum.
• Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of recoverees and program.
• Attend all required trainings within prescribed timelines.
• All other duties as assigned.

What you'll need:

• Education:Bachelors,GED or High School Diploma with work experience with adults diagnosed with substance use and/or dependency OR a Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience: Knowledge and experience of the addiction treatment service system, recovery coaching and other related human services, Two years of sustained recovery.
• Skills:Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) certification preferred. Bilingualism in Spanish is strongly preferred!

Competitive & Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - Two weeks' Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
• Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
• Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Access to Credit Union Banking
• Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Comprehensive Training Program
• Internal Advancement Opportunities