Healthy Acadia Recruiting Recovery Core Intern for Waldo County

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Release Date: January 16, 2022 

Program Contact: Paige Johnston, paige@healthyacadia.org or (207) 412-2288 Ext. 408 

Media Contact: Tracey Carlson, tracey@healthyacadia.org or (207) 667-7171 Ext. 112                                                                                        

Healthy Acadia Recruiting Recovery Core Intern for Waldo County

Healthy Acadia is offering paid internship opportunities to serve as recovery coaches with their Maine Recovery Core program. Maine Recovery Core is a professional development internship program focused on expanding recovery coaching to strengthen recovery support services and to improve recovery success among individuals facing substance use disorders, with an emphasis on opioid use disorders. Waldo County is one of several Maine counties hosting Recovery Core interns through partnering organizations for the 2021-2022 service term which runs through August 31, 2022. An immediate opportunity is available in Waldo County for an intern to serve 30-35 hours per week.

Maine Recovery Core evolved from Healthy Acadia’s unique three-year AmeriCorps/ Maine RecoveryCorps program launched in 2018. Recovery coaching positions that began as national service positions have been reimagined as paid internships. This new structure continues to be coordinated by Healthy Acadia and focuses on offering recovery support services in communities throughout Maine. Maine Recovery Core interns offer direct peer support with the aim to improve recovery success among individuals facing substance use disorders. In addition, interns build community awareness through outreach and education and develop local and regional recovery resources.

Organizations throughout the state serve as host sites for one or more Recovery Core interns who support clients within the service area of the host site. Host sites include healthcare sites, law enforcement sites, correctional facilities, community organizations, and others. Recovery Core interns are trained as recovery coaches to support individuals at various points along on the recovery path and in various settings. 

Recovery Core interns engage in recovery coaching, an innovative form of peer-to-peer recovery support. Recovery Core interns also serve as personal guides and mentors for people seeking recovery, helping them remove barriers and navigate systems to meet their treatment, wellness and recovery support goals. They play an important role in providing outreach and education in their communities about recovery and the value of recovery coaches. Recovery Core interns have typically experienced substance use disorder and recovery either directly themselves or through someone close to them.

“Maine Recovery Core offers a unique opportunity for individuals to support their community in meaningful and impactful ways, while also developing their own professional toolbox. Many of our interns have used this experience as catalysts to enter the field of recovery support work as professionals. It is an honor to support the growth and development of this program,” said Paige Johnston, Recovery Core Program Director. “The braiding together of peer support and paid professional development opportunities is producing stronger recovery communities all over the state.”

Recovery Core internship opportunities are also currently available in Knox, Penobscot, and Washington counties.

For information on how to apply for a Recovery Core internship position, visit www.healthyacadia.org, contact Program Director, Paige Johnston at paige@healthyacadia.org, or apply here. Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue to be accepted until positions are filled.

Healthy Acadia is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that engages in a broad range of initiatives to build healthier communities and make it easier for people to lead healthy lives across Washington and Hancock counties, Maine. Learn more at www.healthyacadia.org.

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PRESS RELEASETracey CarlsonCE, SPR, SB, HA, HPM