Needs From: Greater Mankato Area United Way

Does providing peer-to-peer support to those in recovery; while strengthening your own recovery (or understanding of recovery) sound like a good opportunity to you?  If so, consider becoming a Recovery Coach today! 

A Recovery Coach is anyone interested in promoting recovery by sharing their experience strength and hope.  Recovery Coaches remove barriers and obstacles to recovery by connecting recoverees with recovery support services, building recovery capital, assisting with individualized recovery options and serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking recovery. Recovery Coaching effectively helps maintain recovery beyond early recovery while transitioning into the everyday environment through the use of peer support services. Peer to peer support strengthens the recovery of both the coach and the recoveree.

Peer-Based Recovery Support Services

Peer Support is designed to fill the needs of people in or seeking recovery. The services are called Peer-Based Recovery Support Services (P-BRSS) and, as the word peer implies, they are designed and delivered by people who have experienced both substance use disorder and recovery. The Peer-Based Recovery Support Services help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Because they are designed and delivered by peers who have been successful in the recovery process, they embody a powerful message of hope, as well as a wealth of experiential knowledge. The services can effectively extend the reach of treatment beyond the clinical setting into the everyday environment of those seeking to achieve or sustain recovery.

Peer Support Guiding Principles

All individuals are unique and have special needs, goals, health attitudes and behaviors and expectations for recovery.  Management of their own lives and mastery of their own futures will require different pathways at times. Peer Support is self-directed—what the person in recovery wants, desires and can accomplish; not what the peer imparts to that person. It is strengths based Recovery Orientated System of Care (R.O.S.C.) Peer-Based Recovery Support Services are intended to enhance NOT duplicate, replace, or compete with valuable services already available in a community.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN RECOVERY COACH VOLUNTEERS

People who have been in recovery for 2 years or longer People who want an opportunity to support others in their recovery People looking for a fun, flexible, supportive place to volunteer for about an hour a week

Does providing peer-to-peer support to those in recovery; while strengthening your own recovery sound like a good opportunity to you?  If so, consider becoming a Telephone Recovery Support (TRS) volunteer today! 

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN TRS VOLUNTEERS

People who have been in recovery for approximately six months or longer People who want an opportunity to support others in their recovery People looking for a fun, flexible, supportive place to volunteer for about an hour a week

 

Telephone recovery support effectively extends the reach of treatment beyond a clinical setting into the everyday environment.

Peer Volunteers call a person in recovery once a week to “check in” and help the Recoveree maintain recovery by having the opportunity to intervene early to prevent relapse episodes or re-stabilize recovery following a relapse.  TRS benefits the volunteer by strengthening their own recovery, providing a way to “give back” and builds a sense of community. The Recoveree benefits by receiving peer support regardless of where they live or their recovery preference.   Telephone Recovery Support offers connections to the recovery community.