Certified Recovery Peer Specialist

Aging True Senior Services; Jacksonville (FL); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 30 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aging True Senior Services is seeking a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) to support individuals in the Florida Self-Directed Care Program. The CRPS will provide peer support, advocate for participants, and share recovery experiences as appropriate.

The role emphasizes education, motivation, and connecting participants with community resources to enhance independence and recovery maintenance.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
• Reliable transportation to travel throughout the community.
• Demonstrated proficiency in reading and writing.
• Has completed a Florida DCF/Florida Certification Board certified recovery peer specialist training.
• Has passed the certification exam approved by the Florida Certification Board within 6 months of hire.
• Completes 10 hours of continuing education per year as outlined by the Florida Certification Board.
• Must follow the Florida Certification Board’s Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct.
• Belief in recovery for all persons served.
• Willingness to share personal recovery experience as relevant.
• Flexibility to engage people based on receptivity and needs.
• Ability to establish trusting relationships with peers and maintain boundaries.
• Ability to pass a Florida Level II background screening.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Responsabilités

• Provides Recovery Education covering each phase of the recovery journey.
• Provides hope and encouragement regarding involvement in community activities (work, school, relationships, etc).
• Models recovery for peers, staff and families by showing recovery is possible.
• Educates professional staff about recovery and reducing stigma.
• Coaches recovering people in independent use of community supports.
• Assists peers to assess strengths and abilities and set goals.
• Assists recovering persons with LAP planning and implementation.
• Identifies personal interests and goals in relation to recovery and life in the community.
• Supports connections with family and mutual self-help groups.
• Promotes self-advocacy by helping voices be heard and needs understood.

Connaissances

Reading & writing

Driver's license

Transportation to travel

Formation

High school diploma or GED

Description du poste

Job Description

Job Description

Summary:

The Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) provides peer support services; serves as a consumer advocate; provides information and peer support for participants in the Florida Self-Directed Care Program ages 18+. The CRPS performs a wide range of tasks to assist participants in regaining control over their own lives and over their own recovery process. The CRPS will be a role model exhibiting competence in recovery and ongoing coping skills and is an individual who is stable in their own recovery from mental health or substance abuse.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A high school diploma or GED
• Valid Driver's License and auto insurance
• Reliable transportation to travel throughout the community
• Demonstrated proficiency in reading and writing
• Has completed a training program approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)/FL Certification Board for certified recovery peer specialist training
• Has applied for and successfully passed the certification exam approved by the Florida Certification Board for certified recovery peer specialist within the first 6 months of hire
• Completes 10 hours of approved continuing education training per year as outlined by the Florida Certification Board for Recovery Certified Peer Specialist
• Must abide by and agree to the Florida Certification Board’s Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures for Certified Recovery Peer Specialists. See http://flcertificationboard.org/ethics/
• Has a personal belief in recovery for all persons served
• Possess a willingness to share their own recovery experience as relevant to persons served
• Flexibility to engage people based on their level of receptivity and individual needs
• Ability to establish trusting relationship with Peers
• Ability to establish and maintain personal boundaries.
• Ability to pass a Florida Level II background screening: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

Essential Functions:

Provides Recovery Education

a) Provides recovery education covering each phase of the recovery journey

from pre-recovery engagement through recovery maintenance.

b) Provides hope and encouragement regarding opportunities for varying levels of

involvement in community-based activities (work, school, relationships, physical

activity, hobbies, etc.)

c) Provides a model for people in recovery, staff and family members (as appropriate) by demonstrating that recovery is possible

d) Educates professional staff about the recovery process and the damaging role that stigma can play in undermining recovery.

e) Coaches recovering people in the independent use of community supports

Assist Peers to Assess Unique Strengths and Abilities

a) Identifies, with recovering person, their abilities, strengths and assets and assists them to recognize these strengths and use them to achieve their goals

b) Assisting individuals in LAP planning and implementation

Community Integration; Recovery Goal Development and Planning; Developing

a) Individual Skills and Abilities

b) Assists recovering persons to identify personal interests and goals in relationship to recovery and to “getting the life they want” in the community

c) Assertively supports connections to community based, mutual self-help groups

d) Assists and supports recovering person who desire connections with family members

Promotes Self-Advocacy

a) Assists recovering persons to have their voices fully heard and their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services

b) Supports recovering persons to identify areas of need for professional support and services and to communicate those needs to appropriate provider staff