What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substance Abuse Recovery Coach position at Davis Behavioral Health?
Required Skills and Qualifications
To excel as a Recovery Support Specialist at Davis Behavioral Health, candidates must possess a deep understanding of recovery principles grounded in lived experience. The ideal applicant must have a minimum of sustained recovery (2-5 years), with a preference for those in stable recovery (5 years), ensuring they can empathize with clients on their journey.
- Lived Experience/Recovery
- DBH defines someone being in recovery as an individual who has not experienced a life-interfering instance as a result of their mental illness or substance use condition during a specified period of time.
- Situations such as being required to take extended absences from work or school, hospitalization or residential placement, inability to perform daily activities, negative impacts on physical wellbeing and important relationship, are all examples of life-interfering instances.