CPSS Recovery Coach — SUD IOP/OP (Utah)

One Love Agency; Midvale (UT); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

One Love Agency in Utah is seeking a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) to join our Substance Use Disorder IOP and OP teams. You will use lived experience to support adults toward recovery and help connect them to treatment and community resources.

This in-person role requires strong communication, professional boundaries, and the ability to collaborate with therapists and other staff. Utah CPSS certification or eligibility is required, and you must be 18 or older.

Qualifications

• Current Utah CPSS certification, or ability to meet Utah certification requirements before independently providing peer support services.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Personal lived experience with behavioral health and/or substance use recovery and the ability to use that experience appropriately in a professional peer role.
• Strong interest in working with individuals recovering from substance use disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer support within our SUD IOP and OP programs.
• Use lived recovery experience appropriately to build trust, encourage hope, and support recovery.
• Help clients identify strengths, recovery goals, coping strategies, and healthy supports.
• Support clients in developing recovery routines and connecting with community recovery resources.
• Help clients navigate transitions between IOP, OP, continuing care, and community-based recovery.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate recovery-focused peer groups when assigned.
• Collaborate with therapists, SUD counselors, case managers, and other members of the treatment team.
• Recognize and promptly communicate relapse risks, safety concerns, or significant changes to the appropriate clinical team member.
• Complete timely, accurate, and recovery-focused documentation connected to the client’s treatment plan.
• Participate in required supervision, training, and continuing education.

Skills

Communication skills

Listening skills

Relationship-building

Education

Utah CPSS certification

Tools

Electronic documentation

Job description

One Love Agency in Utah is seeking a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) to join our Substance Use Disorder IOP and OP teams. You will use lived experience to support adults toward recovery and help connect them to treatment and community resources.

This in-person role requires strong communication, professional boundaries, and the ability to collaborate with therapists and other staff. Utah CPSS certification or eligibility is required, and you must be 18 or older.