Job Description:

Description

The Recovery Coach (RC) will provide peer recovery support
services to patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and will assist patients
in achieving sustained recovery. This position will facilitate patient
access to recovery-oriented substance use disorder treatment, resources, and
community recovery groups. The RC will bridge the segregated treatment
system into a more holistic care modelby providing support across
multiple systems and frameworks of care. This position will maintain
ongoing patient support regardless of the stage of recovery, as well as
ambivalence and will serve as a motivator, ally, role model, collaborative
problem-solver, and advocate for patients with substance use disorders.
The RC should possess thorough understanding of community culture to address
the barriers to successful recovery, better tailor health messages, and provide
links to community resources and treatment
options.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
In order of
importance, list essential areas of responsibilities, major job duties, special
projects and key objective for this position.
These items should be evaluated throughout the year:

• Serves as a liaison between the recovery
  community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the
  patient's community, family, and social context to facilitate connections
  across systems of care

• Works collaboratively with treatment team in
  support of evidence-based services to patients with SUD

• Works
  with patients and their providers to assess readiness for behavioral change,
  level of intervention needed, and engages patients in development of
  collaborative treatment plans to achieve goals of risk reduction and/or
  abstinence.

• Addresses barriers to successful recovery, works
  collaboratively to remove barriers and serves as role model and advocate

• Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage
  attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social
  groups

• Assists with access to treatment for SUD and
  co-occurring conditions, creating systems and procedures to rapidly identify
  treatment needs and determine appropriate level of care. Assists with
  data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation

• Help
  patient navigate the healthcare system and social service system; accompany
  patients to appointments and meetings as needed.

• Negotiate
  and create opportunities for access to treatment and social services for
  patients; advocate on behalf of patients to help decrease barriers to care

• Educate
  patients about addiction and utilize motivational enhancement techniques to
  explore ambiguity and tip the scales towards treatment

• Provide
  peer coaching and support patients in establishing treatment goals and
  achieving and maintaining recovery

• Work with
  the care team and patient to support and advocate for the patient during the
  development of a comprehensive care plan

• Be
  available to provide support to patients in immediate risk of relapse or for
  other time-sensitive matters during and outside of regular business hours

• Monitor
  patients' progress and evaluate outcome, using a patient tracking system

• Clearly
  and effectively facilitate communication between the patient, PCP, and
  Addiction Medicine provider

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or GED

Minimum 2 years in sustained recovery

Recovery coach academy training

Recovery coach certification strongly preferred

SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, physicians, social workers, and nurses

Strong advocacy skills along with knowledge of community based services, resources, and local recovery community

Comfort with multiple pathways to recovery from SUD and willingness to embrace a patient-centered approach that recognizes an individual's preferences and autonomy ("recovery by any means necessary") Comfort in working in both medical and social service settings

Clinical skills in motivational enhancement strategies

Ability to provide accurate feedback without judgment or discomfort

Flexibility to adapt to unforeseen needs or circumstances

Has ability to problem solve, multi-task and is organized, efficient and goal directed

Ability to maintain effective working relationships with patients/families and staff

Effective use of the Internet and Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Ability to handle confidential information

EEO Statement

Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Primary Location

:MA-Brookline-BWH Brookline Hills BWPO Administration

Work Locations

:BWH Brookline Hills BWPO Administration111 Cypress StBrookline02447

Job

:Social Services/Mental Health - Other

Organization

:Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH)

Schedule

:Full-timeStandard Hours:40

Shift

:Day Job

Employee Status

:RegularRecruiting Department:BWH Psychiatry

Job Posting

:Nov 24, 2020

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