Certified Recovery Coach - Massachusetts

Great opportunity for recovery coaches and peers to have a voice and make a difference! Marigold Health is looking for an innovative peer/recovery coach to help people find their path to wellness and reduced substance use utilizing a new model for technology-enabled peer support. The opportunity may be for full or part-time depending on our needs and your experience. 
Marigold Health exists to give every person with a mental health or substance use condition a place to feel heard. Our work is focused on providing evidence-based, virtual peer support to people interested in recovery and/or in reducing harm from substance use. We've designed a novel program that augments the work peers do with technology ranging from automated, interactive outreach to individuals to asynchronous, digital group discussions. Marigold's mobile app provides multiple avenues for people in recovery to build their recovery capital and expand their community networks.

What You'll Do

• Engage a roster of members via regularly scheduled phone/video calls, text messages, digital support groups, and wellness planning
• Develop comprehensive wellness plans in collaboration with members and their care teams and using evidence-based recovery screening tools
• Coordinate with Marigold staff and with member’s friends/family & other care providers in delivering support   
• Use your experience to identify and engage a network of referring agencies as well as add to database of member resources   
• Bring a "peer perspective" to the design of new digital interventions, technology tools, and trainings
• Document your work in our record systems according to Marigold and prevailing standards
• Share personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction to support others seeking/maintaining recovery
• Travel onsite to scheduled outreach visits

What You Have

• Minimum of 1 year working as a Peer Specialist or Recovery Coach  
• Certification in Massachusetts as a Recovery Coach and/or as a Certified Peer Specialist preferred, must be certified in state of residence
• Reliable access to internet in a private space (we provide equipment, e.g. laptop) 
• Comfort operating a smartphone, computer, and software tools such as Microsoft Office  
• Ability to document member engagements in an electronic record   
• A willingness to speak to your personal lived experience with mental health and/or substance use conditions   
• An ability to work independently, combined with a comfort-level and clear understanding of when to reach out with questions or requests for clarification
• Access to reliable transportation to travel to onsite visits as often as 3 times a week
• Demonstrated …