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Recovery Coach
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Emerging Futures CIC
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Overview:
As an Emerging Futures Recovery Coach you will support individuals to transition in to the community from structured
treatment, detox, residential rehabilitation and prison on behalf of Emerging Futures (EF) CIC.
You will contribute to the service to ensure that service users receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice
guidelines, policies and ethos of Emerging Futures. You will be responsible for contributing to the overall performance of
the service to ensure that positive outcomes are achieved through working in an asset-based, collaborative and pro-active
manner.
The role of a Recovery Coach involves affiliating individuals into developing and established recovery communities and
mutual aid groups. You will identify recovery assets and resources within the wider community and support the
development of self-sustaining community groups. As part of the role you will be required to promote wellbeing and active
citizenship; using your unique skills and experience to support others. You will develop and assist in sustaining support
networks across the region and well as promote and support the involvement of families in services, aftercare, mutual aid
and recovery communities as per the ethos of Emerging Futures CIC.
You will promote various options and routes into community based mutual aid and/or community reintegration through
adult education, volunteering opportunities, employment, social enterprises and community activities.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
 Establish professional, supportive relationships with those in recovery through planning and brief interventions to
create opportunities for purposeful and sustained recovery in the community upon discharge from structured
treatment.
 Identify aftercare pathways which assist service users in developing strong links with the greater community including
mutual aid.
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 Support local case managers in becoming aware of -and including- community recovery options in initial Recovery
Care Planning in order to provide a clear, purposeful ‘end point’ for service users in the community upon discharge
from structured treatment.
 Alongside all Emerging Futures Staff, promote the message of hope, recovery capital, visible assertive linkage,
collaborative working and meaningful reintegration into the community.
 Build and maintain active relationships with local groups and businesses to continuously create and maintain
opportunities for positive activity service users during and after leaving treatment.
 Address any concerns service users may have with regards to engaging in community activities and provide support
around this in a person-centred, strength-based manner.
 Creatively and actively identify/map local assets and instigate partnership working opportunities across Birmingham
to provide varied options and in turn empower service users to be autonomous through personal choice.
 Promote local mutual aid groups, providing support where necessary to attend these groups including priming, peer
support and in-reach/assertive linkage.
 Actively support the involvement of families and support networks in service development and delivery.
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Established in your own recovery with an appreciation of the pathway you used and the many other pathways to
recovery in order to promote recovery in your community.
Completion of Emerging Horizons accredited 5-day Recovery Coach training.
Take an active role in the wider community and create opportunities for partnership working to make recovery
visible, viable and an attractive option for all.
Take a flexible approach to working as required to maintain and promote recovery in the community. This may
include evening and weekend working on occasion including attending mutual aid groups.
Constantly seek to improve personal performance, self-development/awareness, professionalism, contribution,
knowledge and skills.
Essential Criteria:
 An understanding/experience of recovery as a concept as well as the range of recovery pathways available in the
community and support individuals to find their own pathway.
 Empathy, compassion, patience, professionalism and understanding of peers and their support networks.
 A non-judgmental, self-aware values-based approach to your own recovery and the recovery of others with the
ability to turn your experience into expertise.
 An understanding of addiction and the impact on the family in order to support meaningful community
engagement outside of structured treatment/criminal justice settings.
 The confidence, enthusiasm and articulation to clearly explain and promote the services provided by Emerging
Futures CIC to the wider general public and local business.
 A commitment to diversity and equal opportunities and a commitment to recovery pathways and their unique
nature.
 Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively within a team and with other professional from
partnership agencies.
And the ability to:
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Maintain your own recovery
Work as a member of an integrated team and be able to work alone
Respond flexibly to the demands of the post, keep calm under pressure
Maintain professional boundaries
Have a commitment to the principles of equal opportunity and diversity
Employ an empathetic and non-judgmental attitude demonstrating commitment to recovery for all.
Desirable Criteria
 Knowledge of local services, including both professional and non –professional and knowledge of local area
 Full driving licence and access to own transport
 To make recovery a reality!
Additional Notes
Amendments: This description accurately reflects the present position; it may be amended and reviewed. Any change will
be made following a proper period of consultation.
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