Recovery Coach Interview Questions
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Recovery Coach interview questions shared by candidates
How will you balance your own personal recovery with working in the peer recovery field and how will you use your story to help those with whom you will be working?
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Keeping my own recovery a priority in my life is very important to me. If I don't stay sober, I can't help anyone who wants to get sober. Keeping my personal and professional boundaries intact are key. Listening thoroughly to a client seeking help is important before I can decide how much or how little of my own experiences are appropriate to share with them. However, my life is an open book and I have no problems relating my own recovery and hard learned wisdom with anyone who wants to listen. Less
Give us an example of how you handle patients who blame you for not being available for them,
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Deescalate and validate their feelings
How do you feel about helping clients in a community setting?
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I’m glad I am able to do so with my own personal experience.
How would you handle two clients that were in a physical altercation?
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We are not allowed to put our hands on clients whatsoever but I stated if I felt one of the clients was in imminent danger of losing their life I would physically break up the altercation. Either way 911 would be called then supervisor and anybody else in the chain of command I was told to call. Less
How would you deal with a situation that did not go as planned?
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Well I would get all the facts and then sort it out!