Recovery Coach - Somerville Homeless Coalition
About The Position
North Suffolk is looking for a Recovery Coach to join our Recovery Support Services team! The Recovery Coach leverages lived experience with substance use or addiction to provide unique peer-assisted support that complements traditional clinical training. Reporting to the Director of Recovery, this fully integrated team member delivers essential services to the Somerville community through the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Additionally, the Recovery Coach serves as an agency-wide consultant, advocating for a participant-centered culture that respects, understands, and integrates recoverees’ perspectives into all systems of care.
Requirements
- Bachelors, GED or High School Diploma with work experience with adults diagnosed with substance use and/or dependency OR a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Knowledge and experience of the addiction treatment service system, recovery coaching and other related human services
- Two years of sustained recovery.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing, personalized recovery coaching that focuses on strengths, goal-setting, skill-building, and relapse prevention.
- Support recoverees in developing and implementing individualized wellness and recovery plans, reviewing regularly, and incorporating peer-driven techniques and motivational strategies.
- Assist Somerville Homeless Coalition and community stakeholders with brief interventions to engage individuals presenting with substance use disorder.
- Promote a recovery-oriented environment emphasizing recoveree empowerment, cultural competency, and recoveree-driven recovery pathways.
- Support organizational efforts to embed peer support into all levels of care.
- Foster effective communication with collateral contacts such as probation officers, therapists, family members, and sponsors (with valid release of information).
- Advocate for the recoveree’s needs within the treatment and service continuum.
- Contribute to the development of peer-led educational services, outreach efforts, and recovery community engagement.
- Participate in staff meetings, supervision, and ongoing training to stay current with best practices.
- Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of recoverees and program.
- Attend all required trainings within prescribed timelines.
- All other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off – Two weeks’ Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
- Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Access to Credit Union Banking
- Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted Movie Tickets
- Comprehensive Training Program
- Internal Advancement Opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
