Recovery Coach

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION

1d • $24 - $29

About The Position

The primary responsibility of a Recovery Coach is to support the voices and choices of the people they help, removing obstacles to recovery and linking residents to a recovery community, and serve as a personal guide and mentor. Responsible for recovery support services at the treatment center, transitional housing, and other behavioral health settings serving as a motivator, recovery resource guide, mentor, and liaison to residents and their families.

The Recovery Coach is knowledgeable about the nature of chemical dependency, particularly in the context of Native Americans in order to provide effective and culturally appropriate chemical dependency services to individuals and their families. The Recovery Coach assesses the resident’s needs, plans and links them to appropriate services, advocates for and monitors case requirements to ensure the delivery of comprehensive services. Coordinates and provides services in an integrated Individualized Recovery Plan (IRP). Ongoing interaction with individuals who have been diagnosed with severe and chronic mental illness and substance abuse disorder.

Requirements

• Requires the ability to communicate comfortably with clients, family members and significant others, and community resources and professionals about recovery-oriented topics, including the RC’s personal recovery.
• Requires the ability to be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Requires the ability to work under tense, demanding situations and responding appropriately and professionally in crisis situations.
• Requires the ability to organize and prioritize work and manage time effectively.
• Requires the ability to operate a computer and work with various computer software applications.
• Requires the ability to maintain case records using required forms, complete reports using the prescribed agency format (which meet the requirements of Tribal, State and federal guidelines.
• Requires the ability to maintain professional working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, and other professionals, providing timely and sufficient documentation of all referrals, follow-ups, crisis interventions, and other clinical interventions as prescribed by the program.
• Requires the ability to complete all required documentation in a professional and timely manner, as may be evidenced by work history, within time frames defined by established policies and procedures often under tense, demanding situations, responding appropriately, and professionally.
• Requires the ability to demonstrate creative problem solving skills, with the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Requires the ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, and holidays as the work dictates to participate in outreach/prevention, community education activities within chemical dependency, make presentations and provide training to staff and clientele.
• Requires the ability to be highly organized with attention to detail, work effectively in collaboration with BHP and other Tribal Health Programs.
• Typically requires an AA degree or a high school diploma/GED and at least 36 months relevant experience or 2 years of lived experience in continuous recovery with successful formal program completion from any Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and/or personal experience with addiction in family members or loved ones.
• Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.
• If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance.
• In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

• Certification as a Recovery Coach highly preferred or commit to obtaining CRC within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Support the voices and choices of the people they help
• Removing obstacles to recovery
• Linking residents to a recovery community
• Serve as a personal guide and mentor
• Responsible for recovery support services at the treatment center, transitional housing, and other behavioral health settings serving as a motivator, recovery resource guide, mentor, and liaison to residents and their families
• Assess the resident’s needs
• Plans and links them to appropriate services
• Advocates for and monitors case requirements to ensure the delivery of comprehensive services
• Coordinates and provides services in an integrated Individualized Recovery Plan (IRP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree