What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Recovery Specialist position at The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music?
Posting Details
Posting Information
Posting Number SAECC4010 Advertised Title Peer Recovery Specialist Campus Location Nashville, TN Position Number 023808 Category Staff (Hourly/Monthly) Department Psychology Minimum Position Qualifications
Associate degree and one year of appropriate work experience.
Must have a valid driver’s license.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Special Conditions
This is a grant funded position with continuation dependent on funding availability.
The Gambling Clinic is particularly interested in individuals who are or are working towards becoming a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist in the state of Tennessee.
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
May need to work/travel beyond normal work schedule.
Posting Date 04/01/2025 Closing Date 04/22/2025 Open Until Screening Begins No Hiring Range $18.20 - $19.74 per hour Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time: Benefits Eligible Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Additional Working Conditions Special Instructions to Applicants
All applications must be submitted online at workforum.memphis.edu.
Applicants must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work experience is based on full time hours. Part time work experience will be prorated as listed.
Candidates who are called for an interview must notify the Department of Human Resources in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.
Is this posting for UofM employees only? No Positions Supervised Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
The job is fully remote, but the candidate must live in Middle Tennessee, preferably in/near Nashville
Benefits of Employment (Applies to full-time, non-police employees only)
Job Duties
Duties & Responsibilities
Functions as a trusted confidant, role model, and mentor to assign The Gambling Clinic clients with the objective of supporting treatment engagement and treatment adherence. This will involve weekly contact with individuals beginning at the clients first contact through end of treatment. Includes maintaining availability during working hours to provide support and assistance. Works with an interdisciplinary team that includes student clinicians to develop, support, and follow up on clients’ individualized treatment plans. Works with an interdisciplinary team that includes student clinicians to develop, support, and follow up on clients’ individualized treatment plans.
Duties & Responsibilities
Assists in the facilitation of ongoing aftercare support and monitoring of relapse prevention. Promotes client autonomy and assists clients in seeking achievable goals for self-management in conjunction with and as a compliment to treatment-specific goals the client and their therapist set.
Duties & Responsibilities
Teaches responsible gambling strategies, assists with self-exclusion process, helps clients develop essential living skills such as organization, time management, and increase financial literacy and financial planning.
Duties & Responsibilities
Maintains availability during working hours to provide telephone assistance and support, handling urgent calls and triaging emergency calls as needed.
Helps develop and expand recovery support services and lack of gambling-specific treatment options in the local community by identifying gaps in service, developing client-centered educational resources and website content, and assisting in outreach efforts.
Duties & Responsibilities
Assists with community education and gambling-prevention efforts including but not limited to community talks, trainings, and supporting screening for gambling-related harm.
Duties & Responsibilities
Anticipates the needs of clients with appropriate pre-visit planning, including but not limited to providing assistance with intake paperwork and homework assignments.
Duties & Responsibilities
Engages in ongoing program and service evaluation to and corresponding tracking and evaluation of activities to ensure optimization of evidence-based service delivery.
Duties & Responsibilities
Participates in supervision, treatment team meetings, and other grant-related activities as required
Participates in research programs as needed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Posting Information
Posting Number SAECC4010 Advertised Title Peer Recovery Specialist Campus Location Nashville, TN Position Number 023808 Category Staff (Hourly/Monthly) Department Psychology Minimum Position Qualifications
Associate degree and one year of appropriate work experience.
Must have a valid driver’s license.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Special Conditions
This is a grant funded position with continuation dependent on funding availability.
The Gambling Clinic is particularly interested in individuals who are or are working towards becoming a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist in the state of Tennessee.
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
May need to work/travel beyond normal work schedule.
Posting Date 04/01/2025 Closing Date 04/22/2025 Open Until Screening Begins No Hiring Range $18.20 - $19.74 per hour Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time: Benefits Eligible Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Additional Working Conditions Special Instructions to Applicants
All applications must be submitted online at workforum.memphis.edu.
Applicants must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work experience is based on full time hours. Part time work experience will be prorated as listed.
Candidates who are called for an interview must notify the Department of Human Resources in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.
Is this posting for UofM employees only? No Positions Supervised Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of client-centered models of treatment and motivational styles of communication
- Knowledge of how to find and the effective use information given by informational databases, clinic staff, and clinic supervisors
- Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and comprehend instructions (whether written or verbal), correspondence, professional journals, and technical procedures
- Ability to compose correspondence, document effectively, present information and respond to questions in one-on-one and small group situations with clients, third parties, TGC staff whether in person, on the telephone, or virtually (e.g. Zoom)
- Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquires, complaints, or situations
- Ability to collect data, draw valid conclusions, use sound judgment, and problem solve
- Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with TGC staff and external organizations
- Ability to operate standard office equipment and software packages (e.g., Microsoft Office)
- Ability to listen to, and be responsive to supervision
- Ability to organize tasks and follow through on tasks assigned
- Ability to maintain prompt and regular attention to assignments.
The job is fully remote, but the candidate must live in Middle Tennessee, preferably in/near Nashville
Benefits of Employment (Applies to full-time, non-police employees only)
Job Duties
Duties & Responsibilities
Functions as a trusted confidant, role model, and mentor to assign The Gambling Clinic clients with the objective of supporting treatment engagement and treatment adherence. This will involve weekly contact with individuals beginning at the clients first contact through end of treatment. Includes maintaining availability during working hours to provide support and assistance. Works with an interdisciplinary team that includes student clinicians to develop, support, and follow up on clients’ individualized treatment plans. Works with an interdisciplinary team that includes student clinicians to develop, support, and follow up on clients’ individualized treatment plans.
Duties & Responsibilities
Assists in the facilitation of ongoing aftercare support and monitoring of relapse prevention. Promotes client autonomy and assists clients in seeking achievable goals for self-management in conjunction with and as a compliment to treatment-specific goals the client and their therapist set.
Duties & Responsibilities
Teaches responsible gambling strategies, assists with self-exclusion process, helps clients develop essential living skills such as organization, time management, and increase financial literacy and financial planning.
Duties & Responsibilities
Maintains availability during working hours to provide telephone assistance and support, handling urgent calls and triaging emergency calls as needed.
Helps develop and expand recovery support services and lack of gambling-specific treatment options in the local community by identifying gaps in service, developing client-centered educational resources and website content, and assisting in outreach efforts.
Duties & Responsibilities
Assists with community education and gambling-prevention efforts including but not limited to community talks, trainings, and supporting screening for gambling-related harm.
Duties & Responsibilities
Anticipates the needs of clients with appropriate pre-visit planning, including but not limited to providing assistance with intake paperwork and homework assignments.
Duties & Responsibilities
Engages in ongoing program and service evaluation to and corresponding tracking and evaluation of activities to ensure optimization of evidence-based service delivery.
Duties & Responsibilities
Participates in supervision, treatment team meetings, and other grant-related activities as required
Participates in research programs as needed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Salary : $18 - $20
