Recovery Coach - Recovery on the Harbor

North Suffolk Community Services; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Credit Union Access

Tuition Remission Program

Employee Referral Bonus

Discounted Movie Tickets

Comprehensive Training

Internal Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services is seeking a Recovery Coach for Recovery on the Harbor in East Boston, MA. This role brings lived experience with substance use to provide peer-based recovery coaching and support to the East Boston community.

The position requires some night and weekend hours and is part-time (20 hours per week). Responsibilities include developing wellness plans, promoting recovery, coordinating with probation officers and therapists, and attending trainings.

Qualifications

• Experience in addiction treatment services or recovery support.
• At least two years of sustained recovery.
• CARC certification preferred; bilingual Spanish encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing, personalized recovery coaching focusing on strengths and recovery plans.
• Promote a recovery-oriented environment and peer-driven pathways.
• Foster communication with collateral contacts such as probation officers, therapists, family, and sponsors with release of information.
• Work a flexible schedule to meet client and program needs.
• Attend mandated trainings within timelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Recovery coaching

Peer support

Relapse prevention

Cultural competency

Interagency collaboration

CARC certification

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

GED or High School Diploma with relevant experience

Job description

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Recovery Coach - Recovery on the Harbor

Recovery on the Harbor East Boston, MA, US

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

North Suffolk is looking for a Recovery Coachto 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. Part-Time 20 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.
• 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