Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (Part Time)

Pyramid Healthcare Inc; Radford (VA); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

First Stop Health: No-cost virtual Urg

UKG Wallet: Optional access to earnedW

Training and professional development

Job summary

Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist at New River Valley Inpatient in Radford, VA.

You will use your lived experience to support clients in a professional treatment setting, while maintaining confidentiality and boundaries. Responsibilities include providing peer support, collaborating with counselors and staff, documenting interactions, and connecting clients with resources to sustain recovery after treatment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Virginia Board of Counseling Peer Recovery Specialist certification — REQUIRED.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support using lived experience to encourage recovery and treatment engagement.
• Build professional relationships with clients while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Help clients connect with community resources and ongoing recovery support.
• Collaborate with counselors, nurses, and other members of the treatment team.
• Communicate client progress, concerns, and service needs to your supervisor.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation of client and collateral contacts.
• Participate in peer record reviews and quality assurance activities.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal

Collaborative teamwork

Documentation/record keeping

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

New River Valley Client Support

Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities.

Pyramid Healthcare offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare defined by supportive environments that offer patients the strength they need to overcome life’s challenges. We offer behavioral healthcare services – psychiatry, addiction recovery, mental disorder treatment, etc. – that allow clients at all stages of recovery or rehabilitation to reclaim health and well-being.

Pyramid Healthcare New River Valley Inpatient | Radford, VA

Turn Your Recovery Experience Into Professional Support for Others.

Your lived experience can be powerful—but as a Peer Recovery Specialist, you'll use that experience within a professional treatment environment to help others navigate their own recovery.

At Pyramid Healthcare New River Valley Inpatient, you'll work alongside a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide peer support, encourage treatment engagement, and help clients connect with resources that support recovery beyond treatment.

This role is about more than sharing your story. It's about using your experience professionally, maintaining appropriate boundaries, protecting confidentiality, and helping clients build their own path to recovery.

What You'll Do

• Provide peer support using your lived experience to encourage recovery and treatment engagement
• Build professional, supportive relationships with clients while maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Help clients connect with community resources and ongoing recovery support
• Collaborate with counselors, nurses, and other members of the treatment team
• Communicate client progress, concerns, and service needs to your supervisor
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation of client and collateral contacts
• Participate in peer record reviews and quality assurance activities
• Maintain professional relationships with staff across disciplines
• Communicate with referral sources as directed
• Provide transportation to community resources and services when needed
• Participate in assigned emergency and after-hours support activities, including crisis planning and hospital diversion
• Protect client confidentiality and follow all organizational policies and professional standards
• Complete required training and continuing education

Your Lived Experience Matters. So Does Your Professionalism.

We're looking for someone who can connect with clients through authentic lived experience while also recognizing that every client's recovery journey is different.

Successful Peer Recovery Specialists are able to:

• Share personal experience appropriately and intentionally
• Respect client confidentiality and individual choices
• Work effectively as part of a clinical team
• Document services accurately and on time
• Accept direction, feedback, and supervision
• Remain calm and professional during challenging situations
• Support clients without attempting to take over their recovery

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Registered or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist certification through the Virginia Board of Counseling at the Department of Health Professions — REQUIRED
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary treatment team

$15–$20/hour, based on experience and education

Additional Benefits:

• First Stop Health: No-cost virtual Urgent Care, Primary Care, and Mental Health visits for eligible employees
• UKG Wallet: Optional access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday
• Training and professional development opportunities

Make Your Experience Count.

You know that recovery is possible. Now you can use what you've learned to help someone else take their next step—professionally, respectfully, and as part of a team.

If you have the required Virginia Peer Recovery Specialist certification and are ready to turn your lived experience into meaningful professional support, we'd love to hear from you.

We are committed and proud to live our CORE values and use them to inspire those around us. Our employees are expected to align with these values, behaviors, and standards. We are held accountable for upholding these CORE Values: INTEGRITY is striving to be honest, transparent, and ethical when dealing with clients, staff, and the community. DEDICATION is demonstrating an unwavering commitment to always provide exceptional care and support to those we serve is needed daily. COLLABORATION is a steadfast, team-focused approach; working together to achieve excellence. PASSION is genuine, compelling, and relentless desire to improve lives and support Pyramid Healthcare’s mission.

Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. is proud of its diverse workforce, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.