Recovery Coach -HCWH
Center for Human Development
- Connecticut
- $20.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Helps area Homeless Outreach Teams in locating homeless sites and aids in providing outreach alongside them
- Creates and maintains relationships with state, city and community agencies/resources including facilitating relationships with agencies not currently working with the Opioid Crisis
- Assists those with a history of Opioid use/Opioid overdose in acquiring services in the community
- Assumes hours of street outreach along with scheduled hours of appointment based outreach at a community based sites (Soup Kitchen, Gathering Place, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, etc.)
- Designs, promotes and participates in activities and events that promote empowerment and recovery
- Maintaining records of Outreach usage by those with Opioid Use Disorders and/or Opioid overdose histories and their families
- BA/BS Degree in Mental Health related field preferred
- HS Diploma or GED required
- Identifies personal experience with recovery
- Two years experience working with adults with severe and prolonged mental illness, addiction and/or two years’ experience working with people in recovery
- Two years in a human service organization preferred