Spanish Speaking Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Job Details

Job Location

Yuma, AZ

Description

Join Us as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist and Be a Beacon of Hope for Others in Their Journey to Recovery!

Are you passionate about helping others overcome challenges and rebuild their lives? As a Peer Recovery Support Specialist, you’ll have the chance to make a direct, positive impact by offering compassionate support, coaching, and mentorship to individuals on their recovery path. Your kindness and understanding will provide strength and inspiration for those navigating their personal journey toward wellness.

Horizon Health and Wellness, Inc. has offered quality healthcare services to central and southern Arizona for over 40 years. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of the individuals, families and communities we serve, and empower them to attain their optimum potential. Our most important organizational philosophy is Kindness Matters. It is how we do our business and an essential component in all of our interactions with our patients and with each other.

What You’ll Do

• Empower Recovery: Offer trauma-informed, recovery-focused peer support tailored to each individual’s treatment plan, ensuring they feel seen, heard, and supported throughout their recovery.
• Guide and Educate: Help individuals access vital community resources and engage in meaningful social connections, fostering a sense of belonging and empowerment.
• Collaborate for Success: Work closely with clinical staff to ensure seamless integration of treatment plans, providing insights and support that strengthen the recovery process.
• Provide Education & Advocacy: Educate patients about medication management and recovery strategies while offering guidance to their families and other service providers.
• Ensure Safe Transport: Provide timely and safe transportation for individuals, helping them attend appointments and stay connected to the recovery process.
• Be a Source of Hope: Create a positive, welcoming experience for all individuals you serve, where kindness is at the core of everything you do.
  
  

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a Meaningful Difference: Use your lived experience to inspire and support others in their recovery, playing a key role in their healing journey.
• A Supportive Environment: Join a compassionate team that values empathy, respect, and collaboration in helping others succeed.
• Variety & Growth: No two days are the same! This role offers a diverse range of responsibilities, with plenty of opportunities for learning and development.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will create lasting, positive change for individuals as they reclaim their lives and reach their full potential.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k investment plan with company match
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications Required

• Recovery Peer Support Specialist Certificate (or ability to get it within 3 months of hire).
• Fluent in Spanish
• HS diploma or GED
• Self-identify as an individual who has their own lived experience of mental health conditions, and/or substance use, for which they have sought support and has an experience of sustained recovery (greater than one year) to share those experiences in peer-to-peer interactions.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Possess valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record and reliable transportation.
• Certification in first aid, CPR, and Crisis De-Escalation training (ie CPI), if you do not possess active certification training will be provided.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Have availability of home telephone for easy access of Agency contact.
• Ability to type and working knowledge/familiarity with computers and electronic clinical record keeping.
• Must obtain and maintain a fingerprint clearance card and pass a background check.
  
  

Mental and Emotional

• Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to positively interact and develop rapport with mentally ill participants and their families, professional and support staff and various levels of staff from community agencies.
• Able to maintain a calm, non-defensive, supportive attitude during crisis or potential crisis situations.
  
  

Physical

• Long periods of sitting, ability to bend, lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Able to operate phone, Fax, copier, and a computer.
• Must be fully ambulatory and able to assist participants.
• Must be able to operate an Agency vehicle.
  
  

Qualifications Preferred

• Recovery Peer Support Specialist Certificate
• Experience working in Integrated Healthcare, Behavioral Health or Residential.
• Advanced knowledge of cultural diversity and sensitivity.
  
  

Important Information: This is a safety-sensitive position, requiring attention to tasks like transportation that affect the well-being and safety of clients, employees, and the agency.

If you’re ready to help others navigate their recovery journey with kindness, strength, and hope, apply today!