Bilingual Peer Recovery Specialist (Spanish/English)

PHMC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

PHMC is seeking a full-time Bilingual Peer Recovery Specialist (Spanish/English) to support Philadelphia Treatment Court Enhancement Project participants. You will work with a case manager to provide recovery services, job readiness, housing coordination, medical assistance, and education support to high-need individuals.

Travel locally, typical hours Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., with on-call and evening/weekend flexibility as needed to assist participants through treatment and court

Qualifications

• Must be bilingual in Spanish and English.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Lived experience in the area of substance abuse.
• Lived experience with the criminal justice system.
• Preferred: lived experience with mental health concerns.
• Must be a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) or Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) at time of hire or within the first 90 days of employment
• 1-2 years of experience collaborating with individuals with substance use and/or mental health disorders

Responsibilities

• Provide regular face-to-face meetings and phone contacts with participants to identify strengths and challenges to support recovery.
• Identify community linkages to support recovery efforts, including job readiness, educational, vocational, medical, mental health, housing, and family support.
• Provide additional support to participants who find court and/or treatment compliance challenging.
• Provide new participants with initial outreach and orientation to the program.
• Provide outreach to participants at treatment facilities and in the community to support engagement throughout participation in Treatment Court.
• Attend case management team meetings.
• Accompany individuals to appointments as needed to model interaction and provide support.
• Engage Treatment Court participants by sharing personal story of recovery.
• May attend recovery plan meetings with participant and assigned case manager
• Assist participants in recovery in areas such as self-esteem enhancement, conflict resolution, assertiveness, and other recovery skills.
• Meet participants at community-based appointments such as self-help meetings (AA, NA), physician appointments, food pantry, etc.
• Alert the case management unit to any current or potential behavioral or health-related problems of participants.
• Complete GPRA assessments along with all other PHMC required assessments.
• Provide comprehensive wellness support to participants, including routine primary care and mental health services as needed.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Team collaboration

Documentation in database

Recovery-based communication

Relationship building

Behavioral health knowledge

Reentry resources

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

PHMC is seeking a full-time Bilingual Peer Recovery Specialist (Spanish/English) to support Philadelphia Treatment Court Enhancement Project participants. You will work with a case manager to provide recovery services, job readiness, housing coordination, medical assistance, and education support to high-need individuals.

Travel locally, typical hours Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., with on-call and evening/weekend flexibility as needed to assist participants through treatment and court