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

Paid Time Off

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Health & Dental Insurance

Employer Paid Life Insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Voluntary Short and Long Term DisableI

Flexible Spending Accounts

Credit Union Banking

State Tuition Remission Program

Employee Referral Bonus Program

Discounted Movie Tickets

Comprehensive Training Program

Internal Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. seeks a Recovery Coach to join the Recovery on the Harbor team in Boston, MA. The role focuses on peer-based recovery coaching, helping individuals build personalized wellness and relapse-prevention plans.

Scheduled for full-time 36 hours/week, the position requires evenings/weekends as needed and offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth within a recovery-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s, 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: CARC certification preferred. Bilingualism in Spanish is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

CARC certification

Spanish bilingual

Education

Bachelor's degree

GED

High School Diploma

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