Recovery Coach

Program / Location

Community Based Recovery Support (CBRS) - Brockton, MA

High School diploma and lived experience with substance use & recovery

$21-26/hr (Experience & education dependent)

Full Time, 40hrs/week

High Point & Affiliated Organizations is a health and human service agency whose mission is to treat and prevent substance use disorders and mental illness. High Point has programs located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts offering a full continuum of care for substance use and mental health treatment, including inpatient, outpatient, residential, and community-based services. Programs and services also assist survivors of abuse, violence, and families experiencing homelessness.

High Point believes that everyone has inherent goodness, worth, and dignity. Our goal is to help individuals and families achieve personal change and improve their quality of life. Outpatient substance use disorder and mental health services are located across Southeastern Massachusetts in Brockton, New Bedford, and Plymouth. These services are available during the day, as well as evenings. We offer individual, group, family services, and medication management to address diverse clinical needs.

An interdisciplinary team of professionals includes licensed social workers, clinicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists.

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long & short term disability
• Discounted auto/home and renters insurance
• 403b - Retirement
• FSA & DCA
• PFML
• Employee Assistance Program
• Bonuses & Referral
• Eligibility for free classes to become a Licensed Counselor or Recovery Coach
• Education days to use towards CEU's
• Free meals at select programs and when available
• Unmatched Leave Time (FT employees can earn up to 3 weeks in first year)

• Must present as courteous and professional at all times
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to perform multiple tasks
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to organize ideas in logical and clear fashion
• Proficient and knowledge of basic computer skills and software programs including the ability to learn, use and train HPAO`s electronic medical records
• An understanding of the relationship between substance use and mental health issues and/or self-help programs
• Knowledge of the addiction treatment services system and recovery support services
• An understanding of boundaries and ethics
• Comply with Federal Regulations, 42 CFR Part 2, Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations and HIPAA Regulations
• Certification in the HPAO approved de-escalation program
• Ability to work collaboratively with alcohol/drug dependent clients from diverse legal, social, economic, ethnic, cultural and racial backgrounds as well as family members, insurance providers and outside providers
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision while adhering to the program’s philosophical team approach
• Established contacts and recovery partnerships in the community
• Participation in annual TB screening
• CPR Certification

• Must provide emotional and social support.
• Must support Members in making positive life changes and developing skills to facilitate their recovery.
• Must help Members to discuss and try new strategies for developing recovery-supportive friendships, reconnecting or improving family relationships, and identifying and using recovery-community networks.
• Must assist Members in creating personally meaningful links to treatment, peer recovery support services, and mutual aid and support them in their efforts to build their capacity to move between and among these services and supports as needed.
• When appropriate, the RC must use the peer relationship to assist with motivation and facilitate connections to primary and specialty medical, dental, and mental health services as well as social services, including applying for benefits and navigating other relevant systems, such as criminal justice and child protection/child welfare.
• Must act as a recovery liaison and support the Member in preparing for or accompanying the Member to meetings with, for example, probation…