Peer Recovery Coach

Job Title: Peer Recovery Coach
Pay Grade: 102
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Reports To: Director of Behavioral Health
Date: 10/12/2023

Job Summary

The Peer Recovery Coach is a person with lived experience in substance use disorder (SUD) and is an integral part of the medication assisted treatment (MAT) program. The Peer Recovery Coach serves as a first point of contact for patients in our MAT and those in our primary care practice who are seeking treatment for substance use disorders. The Peer Recovery Coach engages patients in ways that other professionals are unable to and have knowledge of resources in the community that enable them to build recovery-based support systems.

Essential Functions

• Serves as an initial contact with patients entering the MAT program, helping orient and complete intake paperwork.
• Engage patients in conversation and education about substance use, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.
• Engaged with patients in an informal way to assess readiness for treatment and help connect them with resources in the community.
• Assists patients with removing barriers that may prevent them from engaging with the recovery process and recovering community.
• Supports MAT team with assisting patients connect navigate network of SUD providers in the community.
• Case management duties as needed.
• Maintain active recovery and engagement in the local recovery community. Assist patients with connecting to extracurricular and/or local opportunities for recovery activities.
• Through day-to-day interactions, helps educate and reduce stigma of substance use disorders.
• Attend meetings and training as assigned.
• May require meeting with patients outside of normal office hours or accompanying to appointments at other Packard Health clinics.
• May be required to support other Packard Health clinics as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. An employee should perform all duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED.
• MINIMUM: 2 years of continuous recovery from a substance use disorder (i.e., either in abstinence or stable on FDA approved medication for substance use disorder)
• 1-2 years of experience in a medical office or substance use program preferred.

Certifications, Licenses, and other Special Requirements

• CCAR or CPRC certification preferred but not required. Willingness to complete certification once hired.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Physical Demands Check Any Working Conditions Check Any that Apply That Apply

Standing ☒ Requires interaction with co- ☒ workers, patients or vendors

Walking ☒ Occasional weekend needed to ☐ ensure coverage

Sitting ☒ On-call on an as needed basis ☐
Use hands and fingers to ☒ Possible exposure to ☒ handle or feel communicable diseases and infections
Reach with hands and arms ☒ Exposure to latex ☐
Climb or balance ☐ Possible exposure to blood-borne ☐ pathogens
Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl ☒ Possible exposure to various drugs, ☐ chemical, infectious, or biological hazards

Talk or hear ☒ Subject to injury from falls, burns, ☐ odors, or cuts from equipment

Taste or smell ☐ Requires travel:
Ability to Lift: ☐ Occasionally☐
Up to 5 pounds Frequently☒
Up to 10 pounds ☐
Up to 25 pounds ☒
Up to 50 pounds ☐

Up to 100 pounds ☐
More than 100 pounds ☐
Vision ☐

Management/ Decision Making

N/A

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of the local recovery community and resources is preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of multiple pathways to recovery.
• Knowledge of harm reduction strategies and approaches to patient care preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.53 - $24.23 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Covid19 Vaccine Required

Work Location: Multiple locations

Salary : $17 - $24