CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST
CHOR Youth & Family Services
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Job summary
Resources for Human Development (RHD) seeks a Certified Peer Specialist for the Lednum Transitional Recovery Program in Durham, NC. You will provide peer support, advocacy, and recovery education to help participants gain independence and community connection.
You’ll work with clients to rebuild wellness, coping skills, and meaningful daily living, guided by a recovery-oriented approach.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED is required.
- At least 2 years of experience working with others in mental health recovery.
- 18 credit hours of additional training each year.
- Must pass employment screenings and clearances, including OIG/Sanctions, references, and background checks.
Responsibilities
- Provide individualized peer support and recovery-focused services.
- Advocate for individuals throughout the recovery process.
- Encourage engagement in treatment and recovery services.
- Model healthy recovery and wellness strategies.
- Help participants recognize strengths and take an active role in their recovery.
- Promote self-advocacy, choice, empowerment, and hope.
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RHD-NC COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL REC Regular Full Time Technical RHD-NC0040 1591 Lednum Transitional Recovery, Durham, NC, US
Resources for Human Development (RHD) | Lednum Transitional Recovery Program (LTRP)
$17.26/hour
DailyPay Available
At Resources for Human Development (RHD), we believe every person deserves the opportunity to live a meaningful, fulfilling, and independent life.
We’re seeking a compassionate and recovery-focused Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) to join our Lednum Transitional Recovery Program (LTRP) team.
As a Certified Peer Specialist, you’ll use peer support, advocacy, recovery education, and your own recovery experience to help individuals recognize their strengths, build confidence, develop coping strategies, and prepare for greater independence in the community.
If you believe recovery is possible and want to help others recognize their own potential, this could be the career for you.
The Lednum Transitional Recovery Program (LTRP) builds on RHD’s transitional recovery model, which since 2021 has supported individuals with high and complex behavioral health needs as they prepare to transition from institutional or acute crisis settings into community-based living.
The program provides individualized recovery supports designed to help participants stabilize, strengthen independent living skills, build confidence, develop natural supports, and prepare for meaningful community inclusion.
As a Certified Peer Specialist, you’ll play a unique role by bringing a recovery perspective to the team and helping participants see that greater independence, wellness, and community involvement are possible.
- $17.26/hour
- DailyPay, access your earned wages before payday
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Company-Paid Training
- Recovery-Focused Training
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Use lived experience to inspire hope and recovery
- Advocate for individuals navigating mental health challenges
- Help participants strengthen coping and wellness skills
- Promote independence and self-determination
- Support successful transitions into community living
- Build natural and community supports
As a Certified Peer Specialist, you will provide peer support, advocacy, recovery education, and encouragement to individuals participating in LTRP.
You’ll work alongside participants as they regain control of their recovery process, identify personal strengths, develop wellness strategies, increase independence, and build meaningful connections within their communities.
- Provide individualized peer support and recovery-focused services.
- Advocate for individuals throughout the recovery process.
- Encourage engagement in treatment and recovery services.
- Model healthy recovery and wellness strategies.
- Help participants recognize their strengths and take an active role in their recovery.
- Promote self-advocacy, choice, empowerment, and hope.
Recovery Education & Skill Building
- Provide recovery education to participants, staff, and family members as appropriate.
- Support development of Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP).
- Share coping strategies and recovery information.
- Assist individuals with independent living preparation.
- Help participants develop skills that support successful community living.
- Support person-centered interventions identified in individual service plans.
Groups & Community Support
- Facilitate or support recovery-focused groups as appropriate, including:
- WRAP
- Recovery Support Groups
- Community Meetings
- Symptoms and Coping Skills
- Encourage healthy social interaction and community participation.
- Support participants in building meaningful community connections.
- Complete required service documentation accurately and on time.
- Collaborate with clinical and program staff to support individualized recovery goals.
- Communicate relevant participant needs and progress while maintaining confidentiality.
- Participate in staff meetings, trainings, and program activities.
- Perform additional responsibilities assigned by program leadership to support participant recovery.
You may be a great fit if you are:
- Passionate about recovery and peer support
- Compassionate and nonjudgmental
- Able to inspire hope and encourage others
- Comfortable using peer experience appropriately to support recovery
- Skilled at building trusting relationships
- Committed to person-centered services
- An effective communicator and active listener
- Comfortable supporting recovery-focused groups
- Dependable and professional
- Passionate about helping others achieve greater independence
- High School Diploma or GED
- At least 2 years of experience working with others in Mental Health Recovery
- Ability to maintain 18 credit hours of additional training each year
- Ability to complete and maintain required employment screenings and clearances, including:
- OIG/Sanctions/Valenz
- References
- North Carolina Criminal Background Check
- North Carolina Motor Vehicle Record
- Child Abuse Clearance
- FBI Clearance
- $17.26/hour
- Lednum Transitional Recovery Program (LTRP)
- Schedule flexibility may be required based on participant and program needs.
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, and move throughout program and community environments.
- Ability to participate in community-based and program activities.
- Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Resources for Human Development (RHD) is part of the Inperium family of companies.
Employment for this position is administered through Apis Services, Inc.
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