Peer Recovery Coach

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Peer Recovery Specialist to join our team at the North Colorado Health Alliance. As a Peer Recovery Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals struggling with substance use disorder and helping them achieve recovery.

• Act as a member of the Northern Colorado Health Alliance and the Addiction Response Team to help design and implement community events and participate in community workgroup meetings.

• Participate in family support programs, addressing families and friends of individuals with SUD to increase knowledge of opioid/naloxone, assist in moving loved ones towards treatment, and advocating for their own health amidst their loved one's recovery.

• Help plan and implement community events that raise awareness about addiction, treatment, recovery, and overdose (i.e., Opioid Awareness Day, Harm Reduction Symposium).

• Attend various community workgroup meetings and connect community members to supportive services.

• Act as an ambassador to individuals currently experiencing substance use disorder, connecting them to the CO-SLAW network and other relative supportive/harm reduction measures.

• Complete a 40-credit hour course as a Peer Recovery Coach, providing the experience necessary to support the traumas of other community members, navigating others' recovery while also living out the Peer Specialist's own.

• Advocate for individuals struggling with substance use or in recovery, share resources, and assist in building strength-based skills.

• Help build community and relationships, mentor, and assist in setting goals, remove barriers and obstacles to recovery, and learn the roles of a Recovery Coach – Motivator/Cheerleader, Ally/Confidante, Truth Teller, Role Model/Mentor, Problem Solver, Advocate, Community Organizer, Lifestyle Consultant, Friend/Companion.

• Participate in telephone contacts, office/hospital visits, and other means of connecting with members to reach identified goals.

• Attend member appointments with providers and community resources as needed.

• Enter all documentation, contacts, and assessments into required databases.

• Transport members to and from MAT appointments in NCHA company vehicle.

• Minimum 2 years in active personal recovery.

• Experience with persons who have an addiction, experience with opioid use disorder is especially preferred.

• Cultural Competence especially as concerns substance-related stigma and poverty (Medicaid, Medicare, uninsured populations).

• Honesty with one's own experience and ability to empathize with others' addiction and recovery process.

• Ability to maintain non-reactive and calm when engaging with individuals who may or may not be intoxicated, belligerent, or have a history of behavioral health issues.

• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances and needs dictate for member success.

• Ability to build relationships with those with a substance use disorder, including but not limited to those who are justice involved and those with complex medical and/or mental health issues.

• Strict Confidentiality.

• Strong customer service skills.

• Basic Computer Skills preferred for navigation through Electronic Medical Record Systems and data collection tools as determined by organizational needs.

• Willingness to partner with local and regional health and human service resources.

• Ability to work independently.

• Reliable transportation.

• Valid Driver License.

• HS Graduate or GED required.

• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment.

• Annual Influenza vaccine.