Recovery Coach - Per Diem

The Recovery Coach assists participants in achieving and sustaining recovery, facilitates access to recovery-oriented systems of care, and bridges across fragmented treatment systems into a more holistic care model. They serve as motivator, ally, role model, and advocate, providing individualized and person-centered support without judgment, expectation, or requirements.

This is a per diem role with variable hours based on program needs. Candidates must be able to travel between MGH's main campus, outpatient sites, and community-based programs as assigned.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provide peer recovery support services to participants referred from any MGH addiction medicine program or site.
• Float flexibly between inpatient, outpatient, adolescent, perinatal, ED, and community-based programs as coverage needs arise.
• Serve as liaison between the recovery community, the treatment system, the medical system, and the participant's community supports.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to address barriers to self-defined recovery.
• Conduct active outreach and engagement, including in community and health center settings.
• Support navigation of healthcare and social service systems; accompany participants to appointments as needed.
• Educate participants on harm reduction, multiple recovery pathways, and safe use practices.
• Offer peer coaching, motivational support, and help participants identify and pursue individualized recovery and wellness goals.
• Document encounters in the participant's medical record and communicate effectively with the care team.
• Participate in supervision, quality assurance activities, and team meetings as assigned.

Education :

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No

Licenses and Credentials :

Experience :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Strong knowledge of recovery-oriented community resources and services.

Physical Requirements

The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and / or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.