Certified Peer Support Specialist

Impact Life; Georgetown (DE); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) and Roth 401(k)

Paid time off

11 paid holidays annually

Training and professional development

Wellness resources

Job summary

Impact Life is seeking a compassionate Certified Peer Support Specialist for our Georgetown Recovery Capital program in Georgetown, Delaware. The role focuses on recovery coaching, engagement, and resource navigation to support long-term recovery and outpatient involvement.

You will build relationships, monitor recovery progress, and help participants access healthcare, housing, and other community resources.

Qualifications

• Current CPRS certification required.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of peer-support principles and recovery-oriented care.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to travel to community locations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized peer recovery coaching and strengths-based support.
• Build supportive relationships that promote hope and engagement.
• Maintain regular participant contact and follow-up.
• Support participants during transitions and periods of vulnerability.
• Help implement Recovery Capital Plans with participants and coordinators.
• Identify and strengthen personal, family/social, community and cultural Recovery Capital.
• Connect participants with healthcare, housing, employment, and other resources.
• Connect participants with recovery communities and wellness resources.
• Provide warm handoffs and referrals follow-through.
• Facilitate or support recovery-focused groups and engagement activities.
• Collaborate with the Recovery Capital Coordinator and providers.
• Maintain timely documentation of contacts, services, referrals, and outcomes.
• Support collection of Recovery Capital outcomes and program data.

Skills

CPRS certification

Communication

Documentation

Organization

Collaboration

Confidentiality

Travel

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Certified Peer Support Specialist

Location: Georgetown, Delaware / Sussex County
Position Type: Full-Time
Department: Georgetown Recovery Capital

About the Role

Impact Life is seeking a compassionate and recovery-oriented Certified Peer Support Specialist to join our Georgetown Recovery Capital program.

The Certified Peer Support Specialist provides individualized peer recovery support using a Recovery Capital-based approach. This position helps participants strengthen recovery stability, remain engaged in outpatient treatment, and build the personal, family/social, community, and cultural resources that support long-term recovery.

The position provides recovery coaching, participant engagement, recovery monitoring, resource navigation, recovery-focused activities, and ongoing support for participants experiencing barriers or setbacks that could affect their engagement in treatment and recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide individualized peer recovery coaching and strengths-based support based on participants' identified recovery goals.
• Build supportive relationships that promote hope, self-determination, personal choice, and engagement.
• Maintain regular participant contact and provide ongoing encouragement, recovery monitoring, and follow-up.
• Support participants during transitions, setbacks, and periods of increased vulnerability.
• Help implement individualized Recovery Capital Plans in collaboration with participants and the Recovery Capital Coordinator.
• Help participants identify and strengthen personal, family/social, community and cultural Recovery Capital.
• Connect participants with healthcare, behavioral health services, SUD treatment, housing, employment, transportation, benefits, education, and other resources.
• Connect participants with recovery communities, peer supports, wellness resources, volunteer opportunities, and meaningful community activities.
• Provide warm handoffs and follow through on referrals.
• Facilitate or support recovery-focused groups and participant engagement activities.
• Collaborate with the Recovery Capital Coordinator, outpatient providers, peer staff, and community partners.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of participant contacts, services, referrals, follow-up, progress, and outcomes.
• Support collection of Recovery Capital outcomes and other required program data.

Required Qualifications

• Current Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) certification required.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of peer-support principles, recovery-oriented systems of care, professional boundaries, and person-centered practice.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, documentation, organization, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with participants, treatment providers, peer staff, and community partners.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive participant information.
• Ability to travel to community and partner locations as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing peer recovery support, recovery coaching, community-based services, outreach, resource navigation, or related human services.
• Knowledge of Recovery Capital.
• Experience supporting individuals with opioid use disorder, stimulant use disorder, co-occurring behavioral health conditions, or complex social needs.
• Familiarity with healthcare, behavioral health, recovery, housing, employment, transportation, and community resources in Sussex County.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who understands how to use peer-support principles to build connection and hope while maintaining appropriate professional and ethical boundaries.

The ideal candidate is dependable, strengths-based, person-centered, comfortable working in the community, and committed to helping participants identify and build the resources that support their individual recovery goals.

Impact Life offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement options
• Paid time off
• 11 paid holidays annually
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Wellness resources