Overview
Join our dedicated team as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist and become a vital catalyst in the journey toward recovery for individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges. In this role, you will leverage your lived experience and professional skills to provide compassionate, peer-led support that empowers clients to achieve stability, resilience, and hope. Your energetic and motivating approach will inspire positive change, foster trust, and promote recovery-oriented practices within a diverse community. This paid position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference while advancing your career in behavioral health.
Responsibilities
- Provide peer support and mentorship to individuals navigating mental health conditions and substance use disorders, sharing personal recovery experiences to inspire hope.
- Conduct crisis management and intervention, utilizing skills in crisis management, crisis intervention, and motivational interviewing to de-escalate situations effectively.
- Develop and maintain trusting relationships with clients through active listening, client communication, and culturally sensitive engagement with diverse communities.
- Assist clients in developing recovery plans, setting goals, and connecting them with appropriate behavioral health services, harm reduction resources, and social support networks.
- Advocate for clients’ needs within the healthcare system, promoting recovery peer support and peer support advocacy to empower self-determination.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of client information in accordance with privacy laws and ethical standards.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care for clients with co-occurring disorders and behavioral health needs.
Experience
- Demonstrated experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and mental health conditions in a supportive or counseling capacity.
- Proven ability to manage crises effectively through crisis management techniques and crisis intervention strategies.
- Familiarity with behavioral health concepts, addiction counseling, harm reduction approaches, and motivational interviewing techniques.
- Experience working with culturally diverse communities to ensure inclusive and respectful support services.
- Background in social work, peer support advocacy, or related fields is highly desirable.
- Personal lived experience of recovery from substance use or mental health challenges is strongly valued and often required as part of peer support roles.
Join us in transforming lives through compassionate peer-led support! This paid opportunity is designed for motivated individuals eager to foster hope, resilience, and recovery within their communities while advancing their professional expertise in behavioral health services.
Pay: $23.97 - $28.87 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
