Recovery Coach MCI 2nd shift

Riverside Community Care

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Recovery Coach - 2nd shift

Recovery Coaches (RCs) are individuals currently in recovery who have lived experience with addiction and/or co-occurring mental health disorders and have been trained to help their peers with a similar experience to gain hope explore their own recovery pathway and achieve life goals.

In this vital role the primary responsibility of Recovery Coaches is to support the voices and choices of the people they help removing obstacles to recovery linking persons served to a recovery community and serve as a personal guide and mentor.

The Recovery Coach will:

• provide persons served with support information and assistance in connecting with and obtaining community-based resources and services
• convey hope and provide psychoeducation including information about recovery rehabilitation and crisis self-management
• potentially assist in arranging the services to which the individual is being referred after the MCI intervention and they shall work with the person and family to support them during the transition to those follow-up services

Schedule: Full Time 40 hours

• Monday - Friday 2nd shift

Pay:$22.27/hourly

• additional $1 with CPS
• additional $2 with CARC

Why Youll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in peoples lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare numerous professional development opportunities and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive high-quality health dental and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure) personal and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters sporting and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiners fee

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Required Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (in the English language) required
• Demonstrated ability to participate effectively in a team of staff required
• Must have a valid drivers license regular access to a reliable vehicle and be willing to provide transportation to persons served in personal vehicle as needed

Required Experience

• Lived experience of recovery in the context of substance use and/or and mental health
• At least 6 months of related work experience
• Must have either a college degree or a high school diploma/GED
• Certification as a Recovery Coach required or commit to obtaining CARC within 1.5 years of hire

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race age color religion gender marital status sexual orientation military status national origin disability or any other characteristic as established by law.