Recovery Coach Driver | Holyoke

Recovery Coach Driver

The goal of this position is to provide peer support while transporting individuals. Helping individuals address the multiple challenges, people face when trying to engage in substance use treatment or recovery care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide transportation to and from various treatment locations in MA. Provide or arrange transportation in accordance with Gandara Transportation Protocol for individuals referred by Boston Medical Center's Healing Communities Initiative and its Springfield Community Coalition.
• Work closely with partners to field requests for transportation, coordinate rides, and arrange for pick-ups/drop offs in a timely manner.
• Build relationship between individuals, Valor community partner agencies, as well as MOUD and detox providers giving information, sharing options, and making appropriate referrals.
• Transport individuals to next level of care, engage individuals in discussion of "next steps"-Explain Recovery Coaching / peer-to-peer support during rides, encourage medication assisted treatment and multiple pathways to recovery with follow up contacts at recovery center and other natural environments and community based settings as appropriate.
• Engage in discussion of overdose risk and prevention and provide Narcan education and distribution upon completion of treatment.
• Maintain Contact notes, track required information and outcomes, complete appropriate releases for follow up with coalition partners and referral sources and reporting back to Healing Communities Initiative Coalition.
• Transport / Accompany individuals for initial attendance at MOUD providers or other self-help meetings, visits to other providers or visits to the Recovery Support Center as appropriate, care and assist in securing long term transportation.
• Understands and uses agency/department policies and procedures, including Gandara Center's Recovery Coach Code of Ethics. Seeks clarification as needed from Supervisor.
• Attends Coalition Meetings, Individual and Group Supervision sessions, and Trainings/meetings as indicated

Minimum Qualifications:

• The Recovery Coach Driver must have sufficient time in recovery from a substance use disorder in order to safely and effectively provide recovery support to others. They must be willing and able to share their path to recovery and their lived experience with participants and support all paths to recovery.
• Embrace and work in a culturally and linguistically diverse recovery community
• Have a comprehensive understanding of addictive behaviors, S.U.D's and recovery.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Completion of Recovery Coach Academy and working toward certification
• Must have valid Driver's License and good driving record.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

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