Recovery House Manager Curriculum

The purpose of this curriculum is to enhance and expand the knowledge, skills and ability of Recovery House Managers, the primary direct support role within most recovery residences.

Self-paced courses: 1) Recovery Literacy, 2) Introduction to Recovery Residences and 3) Social Model Recovery

Virtual Classes: Recovery House Manager (RHM) Classes – Dates and zoom links will be emailed to students

Courses
Recovery Literacy
Introduction to Recovery Residences in the US
Social Model Recovery

Introduction to Recovery Residences in the US

This course offers an introduction and overview of recovery residences in the United State. Recovery residences are sober, safe and peer support living environments that promote recovery from substance use and co-occurring issues.

Audience(s)house manager, owner/operator, provider
Topic(s)recovery housing, recovery residences
Eligibility

This course is open to anyone. No prerequisites are required.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe elements of the recovery residence marketplace
  • Identify preferred and common recovery residence language
  • Discuss relative policies given the various service components
  • Recognize key past, present, and future milestones
  • Contrast the different types or levels of support
  • Identify quality assurance mechanisms
  • Describe key governance and leadership roles
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Recovery Literacy

Recovery literacy is the degree to which individuals have “the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information, supports and services needed to make appropriate decisions in support of recovery”. Recovery literacy helps you support recovery for yourself and for others, and the aim of a recovery-oriented program should be to instill the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to develop and maintain a recovery lifestyle.

Audience(s)administrator, affected family member, individual, workforce
Topic(s)recovery
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Social Model Recovery

This course takes a comprehensive look at social model, a type of recovery support that focuses on ecological, cultural and social determinate of health. Social model programs are where the setting is the service, and social model is the foundation for many recovery services, such as recovery housing.

Audience(s)house manager
Topic(s)recovery, recovery housing, recovery residences
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Understanding Addiction and Recovery

Please sign in or create your account in order to access this material.This course is a collection of impactful videos and articles that help individuals and affected family members better…

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