Recovery Coach- Parole and Probation

RECOVERY COACH/PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST for parole and probation offices.

APPLICANTS MUST BE IN RECOVERY THEMSELVES, MINIMUM 3+ YEARS OUT.

Salary: $33/hr

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people impacted by opioid use, mental health, and incarceration? Then the Michigan Re-Entry Project (MI-REP) wants you!

We are searching for Recovery Coaches to assist with transitioning clients from incarceration to the community. This unique position works closely with a recovery team providing direct services to individuals both while incarcerated and initially while on parole. This position is responsible for providing information, support, assistance, advocacy, or "systems navigation" to these individuals and is based on a recovery-oriented support environment that advances the recovery orientation.

Candidates must have a Recovery Coach/Peer Support Specialist Certification and one-year experience with an understanding of multiple paths of recovery and basic knowledge of addiction, mental illness and/or willingness and ability to learn, demonstrate an ability to work successfully with the under served populations and complex conditions. A broad-based working knowledge of community resources is required, along with an ability to communicate verbally and in writing and utilize an electronic record.

Recovery Coach licensed through the State of Michigan and provide support and assistance to individuals that have substance use disorders. Recovery Coach positions are based on the recover-orientated support environment that advances recovery orientation. These positions are trained and educated through DHHS to perform their job roles but will need training regarding working in a prison and with offenders. For this program they will be assigned to a prison and will meet with offenders who have opioid or amphetamine use disorder and mental health concerns.

They will assist in setting up treatment appointments in the community when the offender releases, supervise telehealth sessions and track work productivity and outcome measures. They assist offenders in becoming more informed and skilled so that they can be more successful when they are on parole.

• Educate offenders about substance use and/ or mental health disorders.
• Meet with offenders to engage them in services.
• Meet with individuals to assist them in scheduling treatment.
• Provide support as the offender experience challenges, they do not have the skills and/or support to solve.
• Educate about pathways to recovery
• Review the parole plan with the offender and discuss resources and supports available to them to assist them in being successful.
• Develop a plan to assist offenders if they feel overwhelmed and worry that they may abscond or violate parole.
• Communicate with agents about the offender's treatment upon release and needs/ concerns that the offender may have
• Complete GPRA Assessment
• Supervise telehealth visits
• Contact offenders via phone upon release to assess whether they need additional supports and link them to those supports

Hourly rate: $33/hr

Type: Full time, contract.

• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

• 8 hour shift

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

• Addiction Counseling: 1 year (Required)

• Certified Recovery Specialist (Required)

Work Location: In person