Women's Family Recovery Navigator
Location: New Haven
Employment Type: Full time, 40 hours, 1st shift, Monday - Friday
Company: Women's REACH
The Women’s Family Recovery Navigator – Peer Support(WFRN), may be a woman or any individual who identifies as a woman who has the lived experience of being a person in recovery from a substance use or co-occurring disorder OR has the lived experience of supporting immediate family/partner in their recovery from a substance use disorder or co-occurring disorder. This individual should be in a place where they are comfortable using their lived experience to help others.
The WFRN will provide services to Women’s Recovery Navigator (WRN) eligible clients as well as parenting or pregnant fathers, grandparents, LGBTQIA+ individuals, partners of WRN clients, and other immediate parenting family or natural support who have been impacted by substance use personally or by the use of the parent of the child/children they are caring for. For WFRN clients using substances or struggling with recovery, the primary goal is to assist them in accessing behavioral/mental health treatment or recovery services. For WFRN clients impacted by the substance of the child’s parent/guardian, the primary goal is to connect them to a family recovery support group and resources that support their ability to parent. The WFRN will split their time 50/50 between WRN and WFRN clients. “Parenting” can mean actively parenting or attempting to actively parent, including reunification. They will deliver comprehensive outreach and engagement services including education, advocacy, coaching and mentorship, act as a “boundary spanner” to link clients to essential community services and to demonstrates “cultural curiosity” and willingness to deliver services in a culturally responsive manner.