Recovery Coach - Adams Park

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

As a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach at Pine Rest, you will use your personal experience with mental illness and/or substance abuse to bring hope and support to people receiving residential and outpatient services. In a coaching and mentoring role, you will build connections with people served, encourage personal responsibility, and model recovery and wellness. You will support people as they regain control of their lives and recovery, and serve as an essential member of multidisciplinary treatment teams.

The position focuses on helping people participate actively in treatment, develop independence, and achieve community inclusion and productivity. Services may include help applying for benefits, finding and maintaining housing, budgeting, wellness planning, care coordination, medical advocacy, and follow-up after psychiatric hospitalizations or detoxification/residential admissions. The role also supports a recovery-focused, person-centered environment and may involve leading group programming and training direct care staff.

Requirements

• At least a high school diploma or GED.
• Life experience that allows the individual to identify as a peer and/or coach.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills sufficient to meet position responsibilities.
• Current Certified Peer Support Specialist and/or Recovery Coach certification, or ability to obtain Michigan Peer Support Specialist Certification after hire, may be required.
• Some programs may require prior service by the public mental health system.
• Some programs may require a history of diagnosis with mental illness or substance abuse.

Nice To Haves

• Six months of post-high-school education in behavioral sciences may be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use personal recovery experiences to offer hope, encouragement, and reassurance to people served.
• Participate in clinical and staff meetings as assigned.
• Participate in person-centered planning at the request of people served.
• Work with program leadership to implement program changes using evidence-based practices to improve service quality and outcomes.
• Help people served participate actively in treatment and encourage self-advocacy.
• Encourage people served to take personal responsibility for recovery and wellness.
• Document interactions in the electronic medical record and coordinate with other treatment team members as needed.
• Provide individual and/or group services that promote independence, community inclusion, and productivity.
• Provide support that may include benefits applications, housing, budgeting, mentoring, Wellness Recovery Action Plan care coordination, medical advocacy, and follow-up after psychiatric hospitalizations or detox/residential admissions.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team to provide appropriate care and treatment.
• Schedule and lead group programming as needed and complete required group paperwork.
• Provide formal or impromptu training to direct care staff and other team members on a recovery-oriented approach as needed.
• Learn and help accomplish patients’ treatment plans and goals.
• Support and promote a recovery-focused environment and person-centered approach.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 403(b) retirement match contribution by Pine Rest
• Generous paid time off for full- and part-time employees
• Tuition assistance and loan forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Program with free and discounted therapy, legal, accounting, gym membership, and other services
• Tuition discounts for employees and family members through a partnership with Davenport University

What This Job Offers

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