Certified Recovery Specialist - Myrtle Beach, SC

Crossroads; Myrtle Beach (SC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

PTO

401K match

Continuing Education Allowance

Life Insurance

Disability (Short/Long Term)

Maternity/Paternity leave

Mental Health day

Calm subscription

Job summary

Crossroads is seeking a Certified Recovery Specialist to provide peer-based recovery support and connect clients to MAT within criminal-justice and community settings. You will collaborate with county jails, detention centers, and drug courts to improve access to treatment.

Responsibilities include hosting harm-reduction events, building trust with clients through empathetic listening, and maintaining recovery documentation while following professional ethics and clinical guidelines.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Personal history of mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorder.
• Identify as a person in recovery and maintain 24+ months of self-directed recovery.
• Completion of 75 hours of supervision preferred, but not required on hire.
• Certified Recovery Specialist or Certified Peer Support Specialist training completed within the last year.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer-based recovery support services to individuals contemplating or seeking help with behavioral health recovery.
• Collaborate with county jails, detention centers, and drug courts to connect individuals to MAT.
• Host community events to distribute harm reduction materials and partner with community organizations.
• Engage in relationship-building with individuals using empathetic, non-judgmental communication.
• Participate in daily shift debriefs, weekly supervision, and monthly group supervision.
• Administrative duties including recovery plan creation, data tracking and regular digital communication.
• Adhere to TCBAP codes of ethics and recovery rights.
• Follow and adhere to the recovery bill of rights.

Skills

Peer support

Empathy

Education

High school/GED

Certified Recovery Specialist training

Job description

Crossroads Treatment Centers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Since 2005, Crossroads has been at the forefront of treating patients with opioid use disorder. Crossroads is a family of professionals dedicated to providing the most accessible, highest quality, evidence-based medication assisted treatment (MAT) options to combat the growing opioid epidemic and helping people with opioid use disorder start their path to recovery. This comprehensive approach to treatment, the gold standard in care for opioid use disorder, has been shown to prevent more deaths from overdose and lead to long-term recovery. We are committed to bringing critical services to communities across the U.S. to improve access to treatment for over 26,500 patients. Our clinics are all outpatient and office-based, with clinics in Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees and patients.

Day in the Life of a Certified Recovery Specialist

• Provide peer-based recovery support services to individuals contemplating or actively seeking help with behavioral health recovery.
• Collaborate with county jails, detention centers, and drug courts to connect individuals to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) both pre-trial and post-adjudication.
• Host community events to distribute harm reduction materials and collaborate with key community partners, including justice-involved partners.
• Engage in relationship building with individuals to establish rapport, as evidenced by empathetic and active listening and communicating in a non-judgmental way.
• Participate in daily shift debriefs, as well as weekly individual supervision, and monthly group supervision.
• Administrative duties to include recovery plan creation, data tracking and entry, and regular digital communication via e-mail, group messaging apps, etc.
• Conduct self in an ethical manner by adhering to the TCBAP codes of ethics.
• Follow and adhere to the recovery bill of rights.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Must be at least 18 or older
• High school diploma or GED
• Past mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorder
• A personal history of justice involvement is considered advantageous (but not required) in order to effectively connect with and support the justice-involved population.
• Self-identify as a person who is in recovery and demonstrate self-directed recovery for a minimum of 24 consecutive months from mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorder
• Successfully completed the state’s Certified Recovery Specialist or Certified Peer Support Specialist training within the last year
• Completion of 75 hours of supervision preferred, but not required upon hire

Must be available as early as 4:45am, evening and weekends. Specific scheduling will be discussed with recruiting and hiring manager.

Benefits Package

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• PTO
• Variety of 401K options including a match program with no vesture period
• Annual Continuing Education Allowance (in related field)
• Life Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Mental Health day
• Calm subscription for all employees