** Peer Support Specialist / Recovery Coach**

** Pine Rest - Retreat/Addiction Residential**

** Grand Rapids, MI**

Employment Status: **Per-Diem * * * * * * * *** Shift: **Variable** Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach

Pine Rest is the fourth largest, freestanding, mental health institution in the country. We are called to express the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by providing behavioral health services with professional excellence, Christian integrity, and compassion.

According to general directives and established departmental and or PRCMHS policies and procedures, the Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach is an individual who possess a unique perspective to treatment, due to his/her own experience with mental illness and/or substance abuse. The Peer Support Specialist draws from his/her personal experience to carry the message of hope and recovery to the people we serve in residential and outpatient settings. Much of this support is offered in a coaching/mentoring manner, where the Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach cultivates and secures a connection with the person served, while teaching personal responsibility and serving as a mentor and role model on the recovery and wellness process. The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach will interact, support and mentor persons served who are working to regain control over their own lives and over their own recovery process and will be an essential member of multi-disciplinary treatment teams. The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach must demonstrate excellent customer service and have enthusiasm about the program and the Pine Rest organization.

Diversity, inclusion, and equity are at the core of Pine Rest. We strive each day to foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Pine Rest believes in investing in our greatest resource: our employees. We encourage you to take advantage of all opportunities for professional development. Through our own development with that of Pine Rest we can continue to advance mental health care in our communities.

Must possess, at a minimum, a High School Diploma or GED, 6 moths post high school education in behavioral sciences may be preferred.

Life experience that allows individuals to identify self as peer and/or coach.

Demonstrated ability to communicate in both written and verbal format to meet position responsibilities.

Current certification as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and/or Recovery Coach or ability to obtain Michigan Peer Support Specialist Certification once hired may be required. Some programs may require the candidate to have been served by the public mental health system.

May be required to have been diagnosed with a Mental Illness or Substance Abuse.

May be required to have been served by the Public Mental Health System.

Quality, cost-effective health care

403(b) retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Strong compensation commensurate with experience

Please submit your resume and cover letter to: talentacquisition@pinerest.org

Or simply apply via our careers page: www.pinerest.org/join-our-team Thank you for your interest in working for Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. We appreciate your time and look forward to reviewing your resume. If you are selected to participate in the interview process, you will receive an email or phone call within 2 weeks.