Recovery Coach

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Position Title: Recovery Coach

Location: This position is in-person, and is in Baltimore, Maryland

Position End Date: 09/29/2025

Salary: $45,000 Plus Benefits

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is working with CDC and state and local authorities to provide surge staff to support surveillance, prevention and response activities within the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program. The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a Recovery Coach. The Recovery Coach will utilize their lived experience with substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders to assist individuals in linkage to care and needed services. The Recovery Coach will be responsible for performing community outreach for harm reduction initiatives and assisting in linking people to needed services. This is an on-site position with flexible hours (anywhere from 8am-7pm) M-F. Potential nights and weekends may occur.

Qualifications:

· Has a valid Peer Recovery Specialist certification through Maryland Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals Certification Board (MABPCB)

· Has a valid driver’s license and car insurance for travel in their own vehicle.

· Minimum of two (2) years of current and continuous recovery from a substance use disorder.

· High school diploma or GED equivalent

· Knowledge of substance use disorders, treatment options and harm reduction principles.

· Knowledge of community resources preferred.

· Experience working with and advocating for individuals with substance use disorders and/or mental health conditions

· Highly motivated with the ability to work well in teams and independently.

· Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities:

· Ability to work with Baltimore County’s Quick Response Team on overdose prevention tactics and offer support to overdose survivors.

· Facilitate meetings for new admissions on the benefits of treatment and sobriety

· Meet with clients in Baltimore County who have been identified as having a high risk of relapse, at intake or prior discharge to provide support to their individual recovery plans

· Utilizing your recovery expertise, professional training and lived experience, support individuals' engagement in treatment and commitment to recovery

· Help to initiate and sustain an individual/family in their recovery from substance use and/or addiction. Provide support and guidance; in person or via telephone

· Meet with identified clients onsite or in the community, and serve as a personal guide and mentor for those clients through their early recovery

· Receive referrals from Case Management for high-risk clients in need of additional recovery support while in-patient

· Assist in facilitating client engagement during transitions between levels of care.

· Provides feedback to clients on the recovery progress. Identifies areas to the client which have presented or may present roadblocks to continued abstinence

· Has an effective interaction with all staff including the Counselor Coordinator, and facility program administrative staff.

· Performs community outreach to connect people with harm reduction supplies and services.

· Assists clients with linkages to care and needed services.

· If position requires local travel to serve or transport participants, employee must pass pre-hire and annual motor records check and carry minimum auto liability coverage.

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Baltimore County in order to best support the Baltimore County in their public health programming.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.