Recovery Coach

Description

CLOSING DATE: April 26, 2024

POSITION: Recovery Coach

SALARY: $20.62 - 23.90 / hour

REPORTS TO: Chemical Dependency Manager

LOCATION: San Poil Treatment Center, Keller, WA

Basic Functions: 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.

Qualifications

Education and Training: 

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

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Requires knowledge/understanding of chemical dependency treatment modalities, services, and best practices.  Requires a willingness to use additional counseling tools resulting from continued professional development. Requires creative problem solving skills and the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Requires experience meeting programmatic clinical deadlines. Requires a high degree of organizational skill. Requires knowledge of and commitment to adhere to confidentiality and professional boundaries. Requires excellent oral and writing skills, case management skills, and commitment to clear documentation. Requires an understanding of electronic health record systems and their appropriate use in a chemical dependency treatment setting. 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. The incumbent performs work of a sedentary to moderately active nature.  Requires sufficient ambulatory ability to walk to project locations, to stand for extended periods of time, and to bend and stoop for limited periods of time.  Requires sufficient arm-hand-eye coordination to operate a computer keyboard and pointing devises at a proficient level. Requires sufficient visual acuity to read technical documents and instructions.  Requires the ability to lift, push, and pull objects of medium weight (less than 50 lbs.) on an occasional basis.  Requires the ability to grasp, reach, push, and pull and move light weight work materials and supplies.  Requires sufficient arm, hand, finger dexterity to use a personal computer keyboard, multimedia, and other office equipment.  Requires sufficient hearing and speaking skills to project voice and communicate with staff, students, parents and other practitioners in small group settings and in one-on-one conversations.  Requires visual acuity to read printed materials and computer screens.  Must be willing to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, and holiday as the work dictates. Must be able to drive in adverse weather conditions. Must be willing to work at various worksites when needed.

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