Maine Recovery Core Internship Opportunities

Are you interested in helping others in your community as they navigate along their road to recovery? Consider becoming a Recovery Coach!

Healthy Acadia is seeking community members interested in serving as Recovery Coaches through our Maine Recovery Core internship program.

Recovery Coaches help to remove barriers; build recovery capital; connect people with recovery support services; and encourage hope, optimism, and healthy living for people at every stage of recovery.

Maine Recovery Core evolved from our unique and groundbreaking three-year AmeriCorps/ Maine RecoveryCorps program. 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 in several counties across northern and eastern Maine 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. 

Interns are provided with guidance, mentoring, support, professional development, public health experience, workplace immersion, skill building, and peer support. 

We are currently seeking interns for the 2023 service year, with an urgent need for recovery coaches in Hancock and Kennebec counties.

Click here to complete an internship application.