Peer Specialist will utilize their lived experience with mental health challenges, substance use and/or other aspects of their lives to provide support, resources, and guidance to consumers. Shares their own path to recovery in order to foster a sense of trust and mutuality with the client with the goal of empowering the client to feel less isolated and provide opportunities for future goal attainment. Participate in activities related to community awareness of recovery and stigma reduction. Promote person-centered, recovery-focused, strength-based service delivery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

• Helps individuals discover, access and utilize ways to remain substance free or reduce the harm associated with their substance use behaviors.
• Helps individuals find best practice resources for harm reduction, detoxification, treatment, family/community/peer support and education, and local or online support groups
• Promotes client engagement 
• Provides supports for life in recovery, including linking to resources for housing, employment/educational services, medical care, mental health treatment, childcare, transportation and local or online support groups
• Promotes recovery by acting as a guide/mentor for overcoming personal and environmental obstacles that may jeopardize recovery
• Helps individuals create a change plan for their recovery
• Promotes access to include training for the use and distribution of Naloxone for individuals served
• Collects and submits service data to required organizations
• Complies with federal, state and company policies, procedures and regulations.
• Maintains confidentiality of all consumer information and comply with HIPAA and 42CFR part 2 regulations
• Demonstrates knowledge of and supports Westbrook Health Services mission, vision, values, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards and code of ethical behavior.