Aspire Health and Community Services

ACCS Recovery Coach

Social & Community ServicesUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timeBraintree, MA, USA$20 /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) certification is required.
The candidate must identify as being in recovery from a substance use disorder and be willing to share details of their personal recovery experience.
The candidate must be enthusiastic about supporting clients in early recovery from a substance use disorder and be open to multiple pathways of recovery.
The candidate must be able to work flexibly and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
A valid driver’s license, access to a personal vehicle, and a good driving record are required.
The candidate must be able to establish supportive, trusting relationships with people with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect client rights and personal preferences in treatment.
The candidate must have a strong commitment to each person’s right and ability to live in a normal community residence, work in a market job, and access helpful, adequate, competent, and continuous supports and services.

Responsibilities

Provide rehabilitation and support services as part of a multidisciplinary team, including assisting in treatment, educating and supporting families, and providing crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees.
Provide mentoring and outreach to clients with substance use disorder or related needs.
Provide peer counseling and support based on shared experience, validating clients’ experiences and encouraging them to take responsibility for and actively participate in their recovery, with a focus on substance use.
Provide the team with expertise and consultation from a mental health and substance-use consumer perspective, including clients’ experiences of symptoms, medication effects and side effects, treatment responses and opinions, and recovery.
Collaborate with the team to recognize, understand, and respect each client’s point of view, experiences, and preferences, and to maximize and support client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning.
Help clients identify, understand, and address stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness, and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.
Help team members identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness, and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the team.
Increase awareness of consumer self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery, and support client participation in them.
Serve as liaison between the team and consumer-run programs such as self-help groups and drop-in centers.
Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities to help clients structure their time, increase social experiences, and practice social skills.

Desired Qualifications

Bilingual skills and/or experience working with multicultural populations are preferred.
Related training, such as certified occupational therapy assistant or home health care aide training, or related work experience, such as teaching, and life experience may be considered.

Aspire Health and Community Services recognizes that attracting and retaining exceptional staff is the key to providing excellent care for our clients. Whether a staff member is providing direct care to those we serve or working on the administrative end supporting the services we are proud to provide, each person’s contribution is highly valued.

Our mission, vision and values are supported by organizational culture guiding the work for every staff member: We are one compassionate, accountable community.

Working at Aspire Health and Community Services can provide enormous job satisfaction. Your contribution is serving to help fulfill a mission, vision and values that support our belief that mental health is the foundation of a person’s overall health and we work to foster an environment that is safe and supportive and free of judgement or prejudice around mental health. In addition, Aspire Health and Community Services offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits.

SCHEDULE: Sun-Thurs Noon-8P (Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) will be required

The Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) Recovery Coach is a member of a multidisciplinary team that provides rehabilitation and support services which: assist in treatment; provide education, support, and consultation to families; and provide crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees. Provides mentor and outreach services to clients with substance use disorder or needs. Provides peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate clients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery with a focus on substance use.

Provides expertise and consultation from a mental health/substance use consumer perspective to the entire team concerning clients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, the effects and side-effects of medications, clients’ responses to and opinions of treatment and clients experiences of recovery.
Collaborates with the team to promote a team culture in which each clients’ point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.
Assists clients identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.
Assists other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the team.
Increases awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.
Serves as the liaison between the team and consumer-run programs such as self-help groups and drop-in centers.
Organizes and leads individual and group social and recreational activities to help clients structure their time, increase social experiences, and provide opportunities to practice social skills.

Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalent
Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC)
Candidate who identifies as being in recovery from a substance use disorder and is willing to share details of his or her personal recovery experience
Enthusiastic about providing support to clients in early recovery from a substance use disorder and is open to multiple pathways of recovery from substance use
Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team
Valid driver’s license, access to personal vehicle, and good driving record required
Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment are essential. Valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle required.
Bilingual skills and/or experience with multicultural populations preferred.
May have related training (e.g., certified occupational therapy assistant, home health care aide) or work experience (e.g.,teaching) and life experience. Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in normal community residences; work in market jobs; and have access to helpful, adequate, competent, and continuous supports and services.

Compensation is based on candidate experience, qualifications, and certifications and licenses. Annual ranges listed are based on a full-time, 40 hours per week position.

Salary Range

$20—$20 USD

Aspire Health and Community Services is committed to and passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate, support, and promote diversity of thought, culture, and backgrounds. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, we base all employment decisions on each individual’s capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic. Aspire Health and Community Services strives to fully reflect the clients and communities we serve and believes that a diversity of interests and cultures leads to a stronger and more innovative organization.

Salary Range 20 - 20 USD

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