Key Takeaways:
Recovery Ready initiatives focus on creating supportive work environments for individuals in recovery by promoting workplace education and implementing policies and practices that reduce stigma and encourage recovery.
Addressing misconceptions and stigma around substance use disorder (SUD) can foster a welcoming and supporting workplace culture and encourage individuals to seek out support.
Organizations like the York Opioid Collaborative in York County, PA are leveraging multi-sector partnerships to reduce the negative impacts of substance use.
A recovery-ready workplace is a workplace that has policies and practices to support employees with substance use disorder (SUD) and to reduce stigma around addiction. Envoy supports Recovery Ready Workplace (RRW) initiatives, by offering employer cohort training focused on strategies and resources to build a supportive workplace culture, including partnerships with local community organizations to enhance employee recruitment and retention. Envoy recently completed an employer-focused implementation series with a network of South Central PA companies and organizations to learn more about recovery friendly strategies. In our most recent edition of the Envoy Conversation Series, our Strategy & Philanthropy team sat down with Kirstin Einsig, Community Engagement Specialist at the York Opioid Collaborative to discuss the work of the York Opioid Collaborative, a nonprofit organization based in York, PA that facilitates connections with stakeholders to increase a shared understanding of substance use disorders and overdoses, foster shared accountability, and facilitates both targeted and community-wide problem solving. Kirstin talks about the mission of the York Opioid Collaborative and the importance of partnerships in supporting recovery friendly initiatives that lead to systemic change.