Caring for Two Recovery Coach

Caring for Two Recovery Coach / Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Under general supervision, the Caring for Two (CFT) Recovery Coach is responsible to the Outreach and Care Coordinator/PPI Supervisor. The Recovery Coach/Peer Support Specialist provides outreach, education, peer support, and care coordination/navigation services for pregnant and postpartum women (with a child up to 18 months of age) who have a past history of substance use or who are at risk of future use and their families.

This position requires extensive travel across the greater Austin area and surrounding counties, including occasional evening and weekend hours based on participant needs.

The CFT RC is responsible for engaging participants and ensuring services that support participants' ability to enter into and sustain longer term recovery and wellness. RC assists participants to identify and meet recovery and wellness goals, identify and cultivate strengths and supports, overcome barriers and improve recovery capital in the areas of health, home, community and purpose including: recovery from substance use, physical and mental health, economic stability, employment, education and vocational goals, housing, transportation, life skills, parenting, family support, positive social connections and activities, community integration and peer leadership.

The Recovery Coach must provide tracking data for sustainability of quality services.

Responsible for pre and post admission engagement and provision of recovery support services in individual and group settings for current and potential participants in the pre-admission/waitlist phase through admissions, formal treatment and community integration settings, including: face-to-face and telephone coaching, developing individualized recovery plans, coordinating resource referrals/linkages, conducting recovery support groups, and outreach and engagement.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Provides outreach, education, peer support, navigation and care coordination services for families with a member who is pregnant or postpartum and who either has a past history of substance use or is at risk of future use

· Implements a process for participants that assesses their strengths, challenges, and goals – not just their substance abuse history, in multiple life domains.

· Implements a strengths-based assessment process for the participant to identify resources and goals across multiple life domains that are best suited for the participant.

· Utilizes person-centered planning principles with participants to develop strength-based recovery plans.

· Develop recovery wellness plans with participants based on the wants, needs, and interests of the participant and engages with participant on a regular basis to identify progress and address any barriers. Conducts face-to-face contact to discuss recovery wellness planning.

· Provides ongoing mentoring/individualized recovery support assistance

· Facilitates recovery support/peer support groups, recovery wellness activities and family bonding activities.

· Serves as a liaison between participants and Children's Protective Services (CPS) and the medical community, as well as other systems of care. Provides ongoing care coordination.

· Collaborates with other members of the treatment/care team, whether internal or external, including coordination of Plans of Safe Care

· Engages and retains participants and motivates them to adopt healthy behavioral changes,

· Provides Mommies Toolkit for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) curriculum to mothers as needed and assists opiate dependent women with accessing needed services.

· Provides services, referrals and care coordination activities

· Connects participant to community organizations that offer a wide array of community resources and community integration.

· Ensures participants are connected to local resource(s), by contacting resources, scheduling appointments, providing transportation, accompanying participant, etc.

· Collaborates with other recovery support/peer support groups, aftercare providers, churches, corporations, alumni, and volunteer…