Certified Peer Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

The Recovery Specialist role is to support others in recovery from a substance or alcohol use disorder.  The Recovery Specialist will serve as a role model, mentor, advocate and motivator to recovering individuals in order to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.  The Recovery Specialist must demonstrate an ability to share personal recovery experiences and to develop authentic peer-to-peer relationships.

Duties include :

1. Maintain project logs, reports and records in appropriate files and database(s)

2. Provide recovery education to service recipients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization and sustained recovery maintenance.

3. Provide a model for both people in recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible.

4. Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses regarding recovery.

5. Assist / coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery; for "getting the life they want".

6. Recovery Planning - facilitate (via personal coaching) the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed recovery plan.  The goal should be to transition from professionally assisted recovery initiation to personally directed, community supported recovery maintenance.

7. Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voice fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.

8. Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person's goals and interests.  This will involve a collaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff and other relevant stakeholders.

9. Support connections to community based, mutual self-help groups.  Link individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed.  Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.)

10. Develop relationships with community groups / agencies in partnership with others in the agency.

11. As Recovery Specialist position evolves and knowledge increases, visit community resources with recovering persons to assist them in becoming familiar with potential opportunities.

12. Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and developing strategies to overcome those barriers.

13. Maintain contact by phone and / or email with recovering person(s) after they leave the program to ensure their ongoing success and to provide re-engagement support in partnership with others in the agency if needed.  Long-term engagement, support and encouragement.

14. Other duties as directed by Executive Director and / or Management staff.

15. Must be a Certified Peer Support Specialist.

Company Description

Substance and Alcohol treatment center looking to hire staff that are serious about helping others. We strive for long term sobriety and continued outreach of past and outpatient clients. We are very motivated in assisting our clients in every way possible in staying sober and regaining life skills. Our family like environment helps the clients to receive the compassion to push through the hard days and to stay focused for the long haul. Our clinical staff is very professional with lots of experience. If you're looking for a place with amazing growth opportunities, Next Step is your place.

Company Description

Substance and Alcohol treatment center looking to hire staff that are serious about helping others. We strive for long term sobriety and continued outreach of past and outpatient clients. We are very motivated in assisting our clients in every way possible in staying sober and regaining life skills. Our family like environment helps the clients to receive the compassion to push through the hard days and to stay focused for the long haul. Our clinical staff is very professional with lots of experience. If you're looking for a place with amazing growth opportunities, Next Step is your place.