Riverside Community Care
Love What you Do!
Recovery Coach - Part Time - Contract 1
*Internal candidates only*
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.
The primary responsibility of RCs is to support the voices and choices of the people they help, removing obstacles to recovery, linking Members to a recovery community, and serving as a personal guide and mentor. The RC will work with the individual to develop a Wellness Plan that orients the activities of the RC service.
The RC will be a part of a larger team of other RC’s and case managers. The RC will work with health department and emergency services contacts to connect with community stakeholders, understand gaps and opportunities, and form an initial launch plan to reach eligible individuals and offer additional tailored service options such as support and counseling groups tailored to different audiences, including supportive substance use education and counseling for families of residents in recovery. The RC will provide education to persons engaged in services but may also utilize their own recovery experience and knowledge with the entire treatment team.
Schedule: Part Time, 16 hours per week
Pay Rate: $23.27/hourly
- additional $1 for CPS
- additional $2 for CARC
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s 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 Forbes named Riverside a best-in-state employer.
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 joiner’s fee
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Required Skills
- Ability to articulate wellness/recovery values and principles required.
- Demonstrate intermediate competency in the use of technology, such as: video-conferencing applications, operating a computer, can use Microsoft office word and comfort navigating an electronic healthcare record system.
- Complete all of the state approved Recovery Coach Trainings required for the CARC accreditation prior to starting this role.
- Valid driver's license and regular access to a reliable vehicle required. Must 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 required
- At least 2 years of related work experience required
- College degree preferred, 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.
