IDDT Recovery Coach

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30+ days ago Requisition

Position Summary: Responsible for providing one-on-one recovery mentoring engagement with clients identified as IDDT clients; as member of the IDDT team, recovery coach provides recovery support for clients in the evening and weekend hours and reports directly to the IDDT Director.

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be a person with long-term addiction recovery and substantial experience working with issues involving addictions
• Must be licensed or certified to work in the addictions field, abide by a code of ethics and practice standards, and be committed to a process of lifetime knowledge and skills development.
• Must have skills and competencies to establish supportive trusting relationships with clients who are diagnosed across the spectrum of addictive processes.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours in the evenings and weekends.
• Must have a valid driver's license, dependable automobile, and a clean drivers record

Qualifications Desired:

• Previous experience working with clients with addictions/psychiatric disorders
• Good understanding of the IDDT model
• Good understanding of the PACT model

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Promote recovery and support all pathways of recovery
• Provide supportive coaching to clients to facilitate the promotion of recovery knowledge and understanding.
• Assist in removing accessibility barriers to recovery resources
• Introduce client to the appropriate self-help supports in the community
• Escort clients to peer support meetings
• Maintain accurate written documentation of client interactions
• Pass on documentation of client interactions to the direct supervisor.
• Demonstrate skills and knowledge in crisis intervention pertaining to chemical dependency
• Adhere to all HIPPA and all federal client privacy regulations.
• Participate in any training opportunities pertinent to the job.
• Participate in weekly recovery coaching supervision with the possibility of group supervision when necessary

Nonessential Functions:

• Occasional interstate travel
• Other related duties as assigned

Success Factors/Job

Competencies:

• Problem-solving skills on both strategic and functional levels
• Commitment to company values
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands:
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to walk, sit, drive a vehicle, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, bend, walk up and downstairs, talk, hear, and see.
• Work Environment:
  Most work is performed outside of the office setting