Coaches Training

This training will help you transition from being a person who is recovering to becoming a person who is living life to its fullest.

Welcome to the Recovery Association Project, Coach training session. We are very happy that you are taking this opportunity to volunteer and commit to help others on the pathway to leadership.

Each of you who are here today, has been invited to participate in this training because you fit criteria we have developed for the Recovery Coach position.

The Recovery Association Project (RAP) is a recovery community organization focused on building leadership and power among people in recovery. RAP’s strength-based peer services are available to other groups; this includes trainings on organizing recovering people with a focus on leadership and active citizenship. RAP has trained hundreds of recovering people to become leaders and has successfully won local funding and policy changes around addiction treatment and recovery issues.

Mentors- they are positive role models, they do interventions, they are actively involved in 12-steps, available 24 hours, paid, help clients until they engage in treatment, and are required to have 3 years clean.

Sponsors- they live the 12-step program, share their experience, strength, and hope, not paid, available 24 hours a day, and you can find them in a 12-step meeting

Case Manager- Case management is not a profession but a practice that can be performed by professionals with varying backgrounds.

Counselor- a person who gives advice, or guides you through difficult times

Coaches- people in recovery who share resources, they encourage Leadership Development, They volunteer their time, focus on pertinent life issues such as housing, alcohol and drugs, criminal justice, relationship building, employment, and education, they help others to build their recovery capital and they lead learning circles.

To build leadership among people in recovery in order to bridge the gaps between Prison, Inmates and the Community, making re-entry more effective and healthy for all, and to cut the recidivism rate!

THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED YOU AS SOMEONE WHO:

Is presently in recovery or recovery support

Actively works on requirements of being a leader

Exhibits signs of a positive role model Can summarize the positive effects of

recovery And willing to share this experience in a

way that would be helpful to others

ACTIVITY I ACTIVITY II COACH JOB

DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATIONS AND

RESPONSIBILITIES RELATIONAL MEETING DEFINITION OF

RECOVERY COACH COACHING IS FOR

YOU

QUESTIONS ACTIVITY III RAP’s GOALS FOR THE

RECOVERY COACH KEY POINTS FOR

RECOVERY COACHES BENEFITS OF A

RECOVERY COACH ETHICAL GUIDESLINES THANK YOU

Five Most Important Things

What I Have Learned

Candidate must be in recovery 1 year

Candidate must have a strong foundation

Candidate must complete RAP orientation

Candidate must complete Recovery Coach Training

WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU HERE? AND WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A

COACH?

Recovery coaching is a relationship between peers, one identified as the leader in the relationship, and one identified as the one seeking leadership skills.

The person seeking help in this way primarily must have a desire to change. They must have the willingness to take direction from other leaders, in order to have the best chance at leadership.

Have been successful in traditional recovery and are on a path of healing

Feel the time is right to take a fresh approach to life and living

Are excited about life and what it can offer

Are willing to expand your community Are willing to evolve as well as grow

Survival Game

Discussion

RAP’s goal is to inspire you to become an active, long-term leader, showing you that the opportunities of being a leader can be rewarding, not only for you as the coach but also for the individual and community.

Assist the new member to asses their recovery capital

Assist in building or rebuilding recovery capital Monitor life issues Monitor progress in stages of Recovery

Association Project Personal and Professional development Contribute to the Recovery Community Be a part of the Recovery Community

All these goals lead to building your self-esteem and self-confidence in becoming a leader; along with helping the community that you live in become aware of issues and how you can help them solve and change these issues.

Becoming a coach has numerous benefits, not only does it help the organization but,

Your creativity will increase You will learn how to solve problems

with more ease You will have a support team You will have access to others best

practices And you will be able to accomplish more

in less timeCoaches are very special people. They are

prepared to take an important supportive role in the lives of others. They care about themselves as well as their community.

We are stewards of the public trust. We use our resources wisely We lead by example We believe in the concept of mutual support. We help each other through teamwork We assist those seeking services We are empowered by entrusting our

success to our community We are responsible and accountable to the

recovery community

We keep up-to-date on the latest information and trends related to the recovery community

We are prepared We accept all members of the recovery

community We are members of the recovery community We commit to authentic representation of all

voices in the community We are committed to a recovery inclusive of all We treat each other with compassion, respect,

and understanding We are respectful of the diversity of our

community, which we define as culture, gender, social status, and values of our community

Thank You for completing part one of the coach

training; part two of the training will be on communication.

How people communicate

Communication Activity I

Communication

Activity II

Reactions, Thoughts & Feelings

Feelings Activity III

Values

Community values

FIRST THERE IS THE BODY,THEN VALUES, EXPECTATIONS, SENSES, VERBALIZING AND THEN THE MIND.

BODY

VALUES

EXPECTATIONS

SENSES

VERBAL

MIND

LOOKING LISTENING PAYING ATTENTION GETTING UNDERSTANDING MAKING MEANING

PERSON #1 What you want to say. What you think you are saying. What you are saying. What you hear.

PERSON #2 What he/she is hearing. What he/she wants to say. What he/she thinks they are saying. What he/she is actually saying.

The intriguing thing about the exchange of the English language and the

thought process is

Actually what has been said!

Communication

Communication

To stimulate peer coaches awareness of self

To stimulate peer coaches awareness of how ones’ own thoughts and feelings effect the ways one bears another and thus effects ones response to the other

To stimulate peer-coaches awareness of the emotionality and content of the verbal messages of the person.

“I’m feeling tired but excited about the work we are doing here today.” (Affective)

“I think that we should all take a 50-minute nap.” (Cognitive)

“I feel that we are accomplishing a great deal.” (Cognitive)

“I ‘m angry about what you are saying.” (Affective)

What was the emotion of the person?

Exactly what did the person say? (the verbal content)

What were your emotions as you listened to the sharer?

What were your thoughts in response to the person you saw and heard?

WHAT IS THE VALUE ?

ADOPTING NEW METHODS OF THINKING ABOUT VALUE

ADOPT NEW WAYS OF ACTING IN RELATION TO THE VALUE

Stewardship:We use resources wisely, We lead by example

Mutual supportWe help each other through teamwork, we assist, as

best we can, those who seek services

EmpowermentWe entrust our success to our community

ResponsibilityWe are accountable to the recovery community

PreparationWe keep up-to-date of the latest information and trends

related to recovery

AcceptanceWe accept all members of the recovery community

AuthenticityWe are members of the recovery community, we commit

to represent all voices

InclusivelyWe open our doors to all

CompassionWe treat each other with respect and understanding

RespectWe are respectful of the diversity , culture, gender, social

status, and values of our community

BRING IT ALL TOGETHER◦ Coaches meet people being released◦ How?◦ Where?

GOALS FROM NEW DIRECTIONS NW◦ Housing◦ Foundation◦ Transportation◦ Connection to Community◦ Employment

P.O.’s Contact Info RAP Staff – Regular meetings Each Other Transportation funds In-service Training RAP Core Team meetings

Bus Schedules 12-step meetings Resources at RAP Drop In Center Resources through Community Corrections Resources in Community Workforce Centers

Learn the basics of navigation to help you orient people you’re coaching to the Mid Valley area

Meetings between Coaches and Releasees Meetings between RAP Staff and Coaches Drop In Center Times Self-Care time