Certified Peer Recovery Coach

Open Sky Community Services • Worcester, MA

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About The Position

Adult Community Clinical Services is a Department of Mental Health-funded service that provides evidence-based interventions within a clinically focused model. It serves individuals with mental illness or dual diagnosis who live in their own homes, apartments, or group living environments. Services help individuals move toward greater independence by building skills, achieving personal goals, and maximizing natural supports. Teams are multidisciplinary and include clinicians, substance use counselors, nurses, peer staff, housing counselors, outreach counselors, and direct care staff.

The Certified Peer Recovery Coach provides direct peer support to individuals and families, drawing on lived and personal experience with substance use to build trust and collaboration. The coach helps individuals develop and maintain skills in stress management, relapse prevention, self-determination, self-advocacy, decision-making, and goal planning, using recovery tools such as Wellness Recovery Action Plans.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Valid driver's license, reliable and insured vehicle, and acceptable driving record.
• Lived experience with substance use disorder.
• Ability to build mutually beneficial relationships with people served while maintaining strong boundaries and ethics.
• Must be a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC) or willing to obtain CARC certification within one year of employment.

Responsibilities

• Help individuals develop, implement, and monitor personal recovery goals through a self-directed recovery and wellness planning process.
• Support individuals through life and care transitions.
• Conduct one-to-one and group activities to increase readiness to engage in rehabilitation.
• Facilitate peer skill-building and support groups.
• Facilitate development of valued community roles, including group memberships, employment, and volunteer experiences.
• Maintain working knowledge of consumer-operated programs and activities in the mental health field, such as Recovery Learning Communities.
• Provide direct peer support to individuals and families using lived experience with substance use to build trust and collaboration.
• Support development and maintenance of skills in stress management, relapse prevention, self-determination, self-advocacy, decision-making, and goal planning, including through Wellness Recovery Action Plans.

Benefits

• Open Sky pays for CARC certification.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Generous paid time off: 29 days in the first year, including 12 paid holidays; 32 days in the second year; current maximum of 43 days.
• Tuition reimbursement and reimbursement for a variety of Human Services certifications.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with prescription plan.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• Life insurance, 100% employer-paid.
• Eligible employer for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Individual and group supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED