Psychococial recovery coach

A recovery coach is an NDIS funded worker that has mental health knowledge. A recovery coach will:  

• developing recovery-enabling relationships, based on hope   
• supporting the person with their recovery planning   
• coaching to increase recovery skills and personal capacity, including motivation,  strengths, resilience and decision-making   
• collaborating with the broader system of supports to ensure supports are recovery-oriented   
• supporting engagement with the NDIS, including support with plan implementation  
• documentation and reporting.

You can choose a recovery coach with lived experience. A recovery coach with lived experience has  their own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery and are able to use this experience to inform  their work.

The following experience and qualifications and professional development are  recommended for recovery coaches:  

• Lived experience recovery coach  

1. Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or similar training, and/or   
2. Two years of experience in mental-health related peer work.  

• Recovery coaches without a lived experience  

1. Certificate IV in mental health, community services, other related health fields or  similar training, and/or   
2. Two years of experience in mental-health related work.