Recovery Coach - Recovery Support Services

North Suffolk Community Services; Chelsea (MA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Health insurance

Life insurance

403(b) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Credit union access

Tuition remission

Referral bonus

Movie tickets

Training program

Career advancement

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services in Chelsea, MA seeks a Recovery Coach to join the Recovery Support Services team. The role centers on peer-led recovery, helping clients build personalized wellness and relapse-prevention plans and navigate community-based care.

You will work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends, participate in trainings, and collaborate with probation officers, therapists, and family members to advocate for clients’ needs.

Qualifications

• Experience with addiction treatment service systems.
• Two years of sustained recovery.
• CARC certification preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing, personalized recovery coaching focusing on strengths, goals, skill-building and relapse prevention.
• Promote a recovery-oriented environment and embed peer support across care levels.
• Foster communication with collateral contacts (probation officers, therapists, family, sponsors) and advocate for the recoveree's needs.
• Work a flexible schedule to meet recoverees and program needs.
• Attend required trainings within timelines.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Recovery coaching

Addiction treatment knowledge

Human services experience

CARC certification

Spanish bilingualism

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

GED or High School Diploma with related experience

Job description

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Recovery Coach - Recovery Support Services

Recovery Coach - Support Services Chelsea, MA, US

Salary Range: $51,300.00 To $61,255.00 Annually

North Suffolk is looking for a Recovery Coachto join our Recovery Support Services 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 recoverees. 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 per 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