Certified Recovery Peer Specialist

Aging True

Saint Johns Park (FL)

On-site

USD 35,000 - 52,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Aging True seeks a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) to provide peer support and advocacy for participants in the Florida Self-Directed Care Program, ages 18+. The CRPS models recovery, offers coaching, and helps individuals access community resources to regain control of their lives.

The role requires driving across the community, meeting timeframes, and maintaining ethical standards while sharing personal recovery experiences when appropriate. In-person work is required in Florida.

Qualifications

A high school diploma or GED.
Valid Driver's License and auto insurance.
Reliable transportation to travel throughout the community.
Proficiency in reading and writing.
Training program approved by Florida DCF/FL Certification Board for CRPS.
Pass certification exam approved by Florida Certification Board within 6 months.
Completes 10 hours of approved continuing education yearly.
Adheres to Florida Certification Board's Ethics and Conduct.
Belief in recovery and willingness to share experience as appropriate.
Willingness to engage based on individual needs; build trust.
Ability to establish personal boundaries.
Able to pass Florida Level II background screening.
Able to pass pre-employment drug screening.

Responsibilities

Provides Recovery Education across recovery journey.
Coaches recovery participants in using community supports.
Identifies strengths and assists LAP planning and implementation.
Supports development of recovery goals and community integration.
Promotes self-advocacy and communicates needs to providers.
Links individuals to professional resources when needed.
Identifies and leverages natural community resources.
Develops relationships with community groups and agencies.
Connects participants to self-help and mutual support groups.
Outreach and engagement to enhance participation in recovery.

Skills

High School Diploma

Driver's License

Reliable Transportation

Reading/Writing Proficiency

DCF/FL Certification Board training

Certification Exam (Florida)

Continuing Education 10h/year

Code of Ethics & Conduct

Personal Recovery Experience

Relationship Building

Boundaries & Professional Conduct

Background Screening (Level II)

Drug Screening (pre-employment)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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

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

• Assertive Linkage to Professional Assessment/Treatment Services

a) Links individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed

• Identify and Promote the Utilization of Natural Resources within the Community

a) Identifies community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocation, social, cultural, spiritual resources, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests. This will involve a collaborative effort including the recovering person, as well as agency staff and other relevant stakeholders

b) Identifies barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and developing strategies, with other stakeholders, to overcome those barriers

• Community Liaison

a) Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency

• Connect Persons to Community Resources

a) Discuss with recovering persons possible matches and opportunities between their interests and community resources

b) Link recovering persons to self-help and mutual support group

c) Visits community resources with recovering persons to assist them in becoming familiar with potential opportunities

d) Teach recovering persons, in real world setting, the skills they need to successfully utilize community resources

• Outreach and Engagement

a) Provides outreach and engagement to consumers to enhance the individual’s participation in the recovery process

• Recovery Planning

a) Facilitates the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed

Recovery Plan (LAP). The goal should be to transition from professionally assisted

Recovery initiation to personally directed, community supported recovery maintenance.

• Long-term Engagement, Support and Encouragement

a) Maintains contact or provides means for renewed contact with recovering person after

they discharge from the program to ensure their on-going success and to provide re-

engagement support in partnership with others in the agency if needed

a) Completes all required documentation, within timeframes specified, for recovery goal planning, encounters and progress notes

Performs all other tasks and duties to support participant’s recovery as assigned

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

Business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Due to circumstances that may arise, overtime may be required at times. In all cases, overtime must be pre-approved by your supervisor.
Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
Requires sitting at a computer for up to eight hours a day.
The person in this position will occasionally (takes up to one-third of their time) to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Constantly operates a computer other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
The person in this position frequently communicates with clients who have inquiries or questions. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
Frequently in client home settings.

Summary:

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