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The PBC Hub
Recovery Coach Academy
The HUB is totally and unconditionally committed to promoting supportive long-term recovery to individuals including family members by treating people with dignity and respect. to fulfill our vision of ensuring no person faces the challenges of recovery alone, we provide high quality training for individuals, families, community members, and professionals as part of our Recovery Coach Academy.
Our trainings align with best practice standards and national credential requirements for the CCAR Recovery Coach Professional (RCP) designation. Our trainings also align with the State of Florida Certified Recovery Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Support Specialist. The full 60 hour curriculum is structured into three modules: CCAR Recovery Coach Academy (RCA), Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches and Macro Perspectives of Peer and Family Systems Support (MPP/FSS) course. We call this the Trimester Series.
What is
A Recovery Coach?
A Recovery Coach is a peer-based, non-clinical mentor who empowers individuals to navigate their wellness journey. Serving as a personal guide, they help clients forge a path to long-term health by removing barriers and connecting them to essential community support systems.
Recovery coaches specialize in providing practical, goal-oriented assistance and serve as accountability partners. Unlike clinicians who provide therapy or diagnose conditions, coaches leverage their shared experiences to offer hope, empathy, and hands-on guidance. They are resource navigators, linking individuals with vital services such as housing, employment, education, and support groups.
The ideal candidate is interested in promoting recovery by removing barriers and obstacles in recovery and serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or already in recovery.
About the instructor
Ian Stone is a CCAR Recovery Coach Professional and Facilitator. We provide experienced and knowledgeable trained Recovery Coach Professionals that deliver this service. All our Recovery Support Services are delivered with dignity and respect, while helping to eliminate stigma and labels. The HUB will provide the following recovery support training services to the recovery community (people in recovery, Allies and friends of recovery and professionals who want to expand their scope of work in the ongoing support for people in recovery).
What does
The Curriculum Look Like?
Recovery Coach Academy (RCA), 30 hrs, 5 days.
Example of Content:
● Describe the roles and functions of a recovery coach.
● List the components, core values and guiding principles of recovery.
● Build skills to enhance relationships.
● Discuss co-occurring disorders and medicated assisted recovery.
● Describe stages of change and their applications
● What a Recovery Coach is and is not.
● Experience Wellness Planning
● Practice newly acquired skills.
Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches 16 hrs, 2 days
Example of Content:
● Language of Ethics
● Boundary Management
● Friend vs. Coaching
● Staying in your lane
● Ethical Assumptions
● Core Recovery Values and Ethical Conduct
● Ethical Decision-Making Model
● Legal Issues
● Ethics of Self-Care
● Personal Code of Ethics
● Case Studies
Macro Perspectives of Peer and Family Systems Support 21 hrs, 3 days.
Example of Content:
● Peer Support Whole Health
● Social Support for Recovery and Empowerment
● Strategies in Areas of Empowerment
● Aspects of Living with Mind, Body and Spirit
● Motivational Interviewing
● Fragility of Post-Treatment Recovery
● Mindfulness
● Dimensions of Wellness
● Treaters Should be Treated (Compassion Fatigue, Dual Relationship, etc.)
● Roles in Recovery
● Emotional Buttons
● Codependency
● Enabling
● Differentiation and Undifferentiation
● Traits of a Healthy Family
These training hours meet the education requirements for the CCAR Recovery Coach Professional (RCP) designation (a national/International designation). The Recovery Community HUB of Palm Beach County is a Florida based Recovery Community Organization (RCO) that offers a training model for becoming a peer/recovery coach. We provide educational hours toward the Certified recovery Peer Specialist and Recovery Peer Support Specialist credentials .The HUB will provide guidance and support to participants seeking the above-mentioned certifications..
For more information about CCAR and the Florida Certification process, please click on the buttons below.