ACCS Recovery Coach

About this role

Aspire Health and Community Services recognizes that attracting and retaining exceptional staff is the key to providing excellent care for our clients. Whether a staff member is providing direct care to those we serve or working on the administrative end supporting the services we are proud to provide, each person’s contribution is highly valued.

Our mission, vision and values are supported by organizational culture guiding the work for every staff member: We are one compassionate, accountable community.

Working at Aspire Health and Community Services can provide enormous job satisfaction. Your contribution is serving to help fulfill a mission, vision and values that support our belief that mental health is the foundation of a person’s overall health and we work to foster an environment that is safe and supportive and free of judgement or prejudice around mental health. In addition, Aspire Health and Community Services offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits.

SCHEDULE: Sun-Thurs Noon-8P

The Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) Recovery Coach is a member of a multidisciplinary team that provides rehabilitation and support services which: assist in treatment; provide education, support, and consultation to families; and provide crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees. Provides mentor and outreach services to clients with substance use disorder or needs. Provides peer counseling and support, drawing on common experiences as a peer, to validate clients’ experiences and to provide guidance and encouragement to clients to take responsibility and actively participate in their own recovery with a focus on substance use.

• Provides expertise and consultation from a mental health/substance use consumer perspective to the entire team concerning clients’ experiences on symptoms of mental illness, the effects and side-effects of medications, clients’ responses to and opinions of treatment and clients experiences of recovery.

• Collaborates with the team to promote a team culture in which each clients’ point of view, experiences, and preferences are recognized, understood, and respected, and in which client self-determination and decision-making in treatment planning are maximized and supported.

• Assists clients identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.

• Assists other team members to identify and understand culture-wide stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and develop strategies to eliminate stigma within the…