Recovery Coach - ICM, Homeless Services

The role

You will do street outreach and engagement with adults who have substance use disorders, including those with co-occurring serious mental health diagnoses. You will provide crisis intervention, clinical assessment, and help clients connect to treatment, housing and other resources.

What you will do

• Perform outreach and engagement to locate and work with referred clients
• Empower clients to make their own choices and build self-advocacy skills
• Collaborate with staff so the client's perspective and preferences are included
• Provide training and consultation to staff on client perspectives
• Guide clients through recovery and help them develop self-management plans
• Help develop client-centered Treatment Plans and communicate personal recovery goals
• Support clients' integration into their communities and reduce stigma through education
• Meet clients where they are in the community

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• At least one year of paid or volunteer experience working with adults with mental illness and/or substance abuse
• Personal lived experience with substance use and recovery
• Willing to enroll in the Recovery Coach Certification Program, or be a Certified Recovery Coach
• Strong commitment to substance use recovery and housing first philosophy
• Skills to build supportive relationships with people with mental illness or substance use
• Ability to provide flexible, community-based services focused on teamwork
• Computer literacy skills

Benefits

• Generous paid time off: vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) retirement savings with employer match
• Discounted fitness services
• Access to trusted childcare resources
• 100% company-paid life and accidental death insurance
• Ongoing training and career advancement programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leadership development

Before you apply

• You must be willing to enroll in the Recovery Coach Certification Program, or already be a Certified Recovery Coach

About the company

Eliot is a mission-driven organization focused on resilience, empowerment, and lasting change, with an inclusive workplace that values all backgrounds and perspectives. Its Homeless Services Division runs an Intensive Case Management team that offers outreach, case management, mental health treatment, housing assistance, and referrals.