Job Description

We are a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program!

Join this statewide movement and make a difference in the lives of young adults today! The Young Adult Recovery Support Specialist draws from your own lived experience of recovery and healing to inspire hope and help peers achieve their personal goals by promoting self-determination, personal responsibility, and young adult empowerment. This role offers a high level of work schedule flexiblity, onsite training and opportunities to work independently as well as on a recovery centered team.

What You Will Be Doing to Make a Difference...

• Use your recovery from substances to help other young people
• Provide young people a voice in their communities
• Plan recovery activities that bring young people together
• Run Young People peer support groups
• Provide education and support to young people
• Be part of a team of recovery specialists who support one another
• Organize and participate in community recovery events in your area
• Help other young people find his/her/their recovery pathway
• Be part of a statewide group of young people that are proud to be in recovery

Schedule: Flexible; Must be available to work a flexible schedule including evenings during the week and some weekends

Requirements

• Must be In Recovery or found Recovery from substance abuse as a young person ( required)
• You will be paid to complete the Working with Youth and Young Adults for Recovery Coaches
• Working knowledge about available recovery resources in your community
• Open minded to all-pathways of recovery
• Live in the community you will serve
• BIPOC individuals strongly encouraged to apply; Language differential of up to $2,000 will be provided to new hires who are fluent in English and Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Cantonese/Mandarin etc.

Bay State Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from bias, discrimination, or harassment of any kind, and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Contact Information:

recruitment@baystatecs.org

857-374-5669