We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Recovery Coach to join our team. As a Recovery Coach, you will provide support and guidance to individuals recovering from Substance Use Disorder. Your role will involve utilizing motivational interviewing, mentoring, connecting individuals with resources, and advocacy. If you have a passion for helping others and want to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals on their journey to recovery, we encourage you to apply.
Duties:
Roles and Responsibilities- The Recovery Coach (RC) will provide peer recovery support services to clients with substance use disorder (SUD) and will assist clients in achieving sustained recovery. This position will facilitate client access to recovery-oriented substance use disorder treatment, resources, and community recovery groups.
- The RC will develop a Recovery Wellness Plan based on the individuals' goals at the onset of care.
- The RC will bridge the segregated treatment system into a more holistic care model through providing support across multiple systems and frameworks of care.
- Addresses barriers to successful recovery and serves as role model and advocate.
- Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups.
- Educate clients about addiction and utilize motivational enhancement techniques to explore ambiguity and tip the scales towards treatment.
- Develop relationships and partner with community groups and agencies to develop comprehensive wrap-around services.
Qualifications- completed a minimum 80% of the required training for certification (must have attended the RCA) and be able to become certified within 1 year of employment. Must have a High School Diploma or equivalant.
- Experience working in the field of behavioral health or addiction recovery is preferred
- Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques and evidence-based practices in addiction treatment
- Strong understanding of the recovery process and the challenges faced by individuals in recovery
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Empathy, compassion, and the ability to establish rapport with diverse populations
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
We offer competitive compensation packages and opportunities for professional development. If you are passionate about helping others and igniting their desire for recovery, we invite you to apply for the position of Recovery Coach.
Our objectives are simple: to engage and ignite a desire to recover. Engage individuals by building relationships and trust from the earliest interactions, and utilizing motivational interviewing to assist in progressing to the next stage of change in their recovery. To connect individuals with community supports, and ignite their desire to find their own pathway to recovery.
At Ignite, our focus is the individual, not their history of substance use. This allows us to build relationships with individuals based on mutual respect, dignity, and empathy. We aim to work with individuals prior to treatment or recovery and walk alongside them, creating a pathway for them to begin seeking recovery. To work with them as long as necessary to find their own version of recovery and wellness.
Our vision is to create a society in which individuals are empowered and supported to achieve or sustain their recovery; for recovery from SUD to be accessible and maintainable for any individual that wants it.
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