Are you looking to find personal and professional fulfillment, and align your career with your values?
At Gateway Foundation, our employees have an opportunity to make a difference every day by helping people with substance abuse issues gain control of their lives.
Gateway Foundation is a recognized non-profit leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine—including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses—deliver care that never stops. Throughout Gateway’s proud history of helping others, dedicated and professional employees have been vital to accomplishing our life-saving mission.
If you are a collaborative professional who shares our commitment to helping people with substance abuse and mental health issues turn their lives around – GATEWAY IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!

• $1,500 SIGN-ON BONUS***

Recovery Coach Responsibilities

• Follow monthly Recovery Coach schedule that will be provided by the Project Coordinator. Note: coaches may be required to work a maximum of 2 weekends per month (rotating days off during the week) and be able to respond to calls 24/7 when scheduled.
• Provide outreach to individuals who overdose on opioids and motivate them/provide linkage to treatment services (via the hospital ER during or after business hours/in the community during business hours).
• Accurately document outreaches in Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) Database the following business day after the outreach is completed.
• Follow-up with clients and treatment centers as needed to ensure the referral to services was completed and the client was connected/admitted to the agency.
• Complete client follow-ups as needed to keep the client engaged or to re-engage as well as completing status updates at two weeks, 30 days, three months and six months post-outreach.
• Meet face-to-face weekly with Clinical Care Coordinator to debrief from on-call shifts, discuss cases and engagement strategies, and ensure proper form completion.

Job Requirements

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Previous lived experience with substance use. Former consumer of substance use treatment services is a plus. Must be in recovery for a minimum of two years.
• Must possess Missouri Peer Specialist certification at time of hire or within 6 months of hire.
• Must be willing to be on call (via shift work) to provide outreach contact within 60 minutes and travel throughout the Greater St. Louis region (including seven counties).
• Must have good people-skills and easily build rapport with clients and co-workers.
• Must possess good time management skills to ensure all responsibilities are completed and maintained.
• Must adhere to the philosophy that medication assisted treatment is an appropriate form of treatment for people in recovery
• Must have a reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license and motor vehicle insurance.
• Must be able to pass background check or request an exception to the findings.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Compensation (based On Experience And Credentials)

• 19.00/hour
• Gateway Foundation conducts annual reviews including merit increases.

Benefits At Gateway Foundation Health and Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Employee wellness program promoting health and fitness and offering cash-saving premiums
• Employee assistance programs focused on mental health

Financial Wellbeing

• 403(b) Retirement Plan with 3% employer match
• Short-term and Long-term Disability and Life and AD&D Insurance paid for by Gateway
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• ***$1,500 SIGN-ON BONUS***

Flexibility And Time Off

• 18 paid time off days per year – accrual rates increase with years of service
• 9 paid company holidays
• Work-life-balance

Personal Development

• Training & Development Programs
• Tuition Reimbursement - up to $5,250 per calendar year
• eLearning access to online courses that provide CEU’s and job-related training
• Clinical Supervision: Formal and informal guidance

Gateway Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP