Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS)

Garfield Counseling Center Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Garfield Counseling Center Inc. in Chicago seeks a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist to provide peer recovery support, coaching, and workforce readiness services.

The role emphasizes lived experience and engagement with enrolled participants, offering recovery coaching and confidentiality-compliant record-keeping. Responsibilities include sustained participant engagement, warm handoffs between clinical and recovery supports, and linkage to treatment and community resources; a CPRS credential is

Qualifications

• Illinois CPRS credential or state equivalent, or attainment within 12 months.
• Lived recovery experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years of peer support or recovery coaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide recovery coaching and peer support to enrolled participants.
• Support participant engagement, retention, and warm handoffs between clinical and recovery supports.
• Assist participants with workforce readiness, employment navigation, and linkage to treatment, workforce, and community resources.
• Participate in community outreach and engagement activities.
• Maintain participant contact records consistent with confidentiality requirements.

Skills

Peer recovery coaching

Engagement skills

Workforce readiness

Education

Illinois CPRS credential (or equivalent)

Job description

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS)

(PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CPRS CERTIFICATE ALREADY)

Annual Salary (Year 1 Budget): $51,000

Position Summary: Provides peer recovery support services, participant engagement, recovery coaching, and workforce readiness support, drawing on lived recovery experience.

Key Duties:

• Provide recovery coaching and peer support to enrolled participants, using SAMHSA's dimensions of recovery.
• Support participant engagement, retention, and warm handoffs between clinical and recovery supports.
• Assist participants with workforce readiness, employment navigation, and linkage to treatment, workforce, and community resources.
• Participate in community outreach and engagement activities.
• Maintain participant contact records consistent with confidentiality requirements (Attachment 6).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Illinois Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) credential or state equivalent, or attainment within 12 months of project start.
• Lived recovery experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years of peer support or recovery coaching experience.