PROUD - Recovery Coach

Job Details:

Level: Entry.

Job Location:

Athens-Clarke
- Pavilion
- Athens, GA.

Position Type:
Full Time.

Salary Range: $20.00 - $21.63

Hourly.

Job Shift: Day.

Position Summary:

Under direct supervision, provides a broad range of recovery supports and paraprofessional social services to clients self-identifying as being in need of, or seeking recovery from, substance use disorders and potentially the families, friends or allies of clients seeking recovery, on a continuum of care, from the inception of services until discharge. The Recovery Coaching staff will uphold the culture, principle, and values of recovery in all aspects while lending assistance and services to clients through an ongoing, mentoring relationship, to aid these clients who are seeking sustained recovery from alcohol or other drug abuse.

This sustained connection builds rapport, relationship, and trust, allowing the Recovery Coach to potentially guide the client into new thought processes, feelings, and behaviors necessary to gain and strengthen recovery. The Recovery Coaching staff will utilize active listening, open-ended questions, will manage personal biases and be willing to share their lived experience with addiction, treatment and recovery with clients who seek long-term recovery from addiction.

Additionally, Recovery Coaching staff will act as an advocate for recovery as they strive to build a working relationship with specific and personal knowledge of different pathways to recovery to help clients realize their goals and regain and sustain recovery. The Recovery Coaching staff approach will be client centered, drawing from the strengths of each client being served, and will deliver personalized services addressing the clients needs, experiences, perceived barriers, and goals while creating an ongoing system of social, emotional, instrumental and spiritual support with linkage to community resources.

Recovery Coaches will assist with health and wellness, spirituality, employment, education, skills training, family relationships and linkage with community recovery supports. Recovery Coaches also will serve as auxiliary supports to other treatment services provided by clinically licensed personnel.

Utilizes peer supports to assist client in developing recovery capital goals/Personal Recovery Plans and assists client with locating and utilizing community resources to obtain their recovery capital goals, such as, but not limited to legal, medical, financial assistance, and other referral services. Utilizes peer supports to assist client with engagement in identified and agreed treatment plan goals:

• Builds transparent working relationships based on shared lived experience to provide peer support to clients that have survived an overdose or have other challenges with substance misuse.
• Offers to provide information on addiction, the recovery process, and multiple pathways to sustained recovery.
• Facilitates development of relationships with individuals, support/mutual aid groups and services providers, as appropriate.
• Contacts client on a phased level of treatment that is recommended and agreeable to client.
• Monitors and documents clients progress towards treatment plan/ Personal Recovery Plan goals.
• Encourages and supports client to participate in group, individual counseling, ADSS, nursing assessments, provider appointments, MAT services, and any other recommended treatment services for obtained and sustained recovery.
• Utilizes peer supports to assist clients with crisis interventions and link client to crisis services outside the scope of peer supports.
• Manages professional boundaries in working peer relationship and will seek ongoing supervision for any guidance or adjustments…