RecoveryWorks: vocational support services for recovery capital growth

This paper introduces RecoveryWorks, a multi-system recovery and vocational support program designed to expand the therapeutic landscape of recovery by increasing access to career development resources that support meaningful employment. In contrast to vocational approaches that prioritize rapid job placement, RecoveryWorks embeds work within a recovery-oriented system of care. By linking the underutilized human capital of individuals in recovery to community resources, the program aims to generate reciprocal gains in personal and community recovery capital over time.