Recovery Mentor - Community Engagement Team
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Community Health
Description
JOB SUMMARY:Recovery Mentors are a critical part of the SUD Treatment Team and work with SUD clients who are attempting to engage in recovery or in early stages of recovery. The majority of clients who are assigned Recovery Mentor services are involved in our intensive outpatient/Day Treatment program; some clients may be waiting for a residential treatment bed to come open or stepping down from residential treatment into the Day Treatment program.
Recovery Mentors are not counselors or clinicians but provide supports to clients that counselors are not able to offer. The Recovery Mentor works with their Supervisor to design and implement education, referral, and parent components of the program. The Recovery Mentor is responsible for helping to facilitate classes and support groups along with group activities. They will maintain a personal recovery program, if applicable, as well as model recovery-appropriate behavior.
- Makes regular telephone contact which may include talking with clients who need support and are feeling prone to relapse; reminder calls to clients who are scheduled for assessments, groups, individual sessions; doing outreach to client who miss group or individual services to attempt to reengage them in treatment services;
- Provides client transportation (when approved by supervisor): taking clients to/from treatment services/appointments, transport to detox or residential treatment, and other appointments when it is determined to be helpful by the primary clinician or treatment team;
- Provides recovery coaching for clients during activities;
- Makes home visits on a limited basis, with supervisor approval;
- Attend sober support meetings, or other sober activities, in the community with clients.
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma (or equivalent)
- Must have personal lived experience with Substance Use Disorder
- Must have maintained continuous recovery for the previous two (2) years at the time of hire
CERTIFICATIONS:
- Requires CRM-I certification or eligibility/commitment to obtain within 6 months of hiring
- Requires PSS or other THW certification or ability/commitment to obtain within 6 months of hiring
- Current CPR and First Aid certification, or ability and commitment to obtain within 60 days of hiring
- Must maintain a valid Oregon Driver License or ability to obtain one upon hire, and be insurable under the organization’s auto liability coverage policy (minimum 21 years of age and with no Type A violations in the past 3 years, or three (3) or more Type B violations)
- Bilingual in English/Spanish a plus
- Previous training, experience, or knowledge of treatment in the disease of addiction is preferred
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