Hope-Driven Peer Recovery Specialist

Baltimore Crisis Response, INC; Maryland; On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. (BCRI) is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide supportive, person-focused services for individuals in behavioral health crises and substance use challenges.

You will work with clinicians and partners to guide recovery, link to resources, and empower clients toward wellness. As someone with lived experience, you will help develop crisis plans, facilitate engagement, and ensure access to recovery tools and services while maintaining thorough documentation

Qualifications

• Personal lived experience with behavioral health and/or substance use recovery.
• Strong communication, empathy, and advocacy skills.
• Commitment to a strengths-based, person-centered approach.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams and community partners.
• Organizational and documentation skills to ensure timely reporting.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with clinicians, peers, and community partners to support individuals through crisis and recovery.
• Assist individuals in crisis with developing a crisis plan, linking to care, and accessing recovery tools before the first engagement concludes.
• Facilitate engagement and help individuals feel welcome, safe, and supported.
• Support continuity of care by connecting individuals to behavioral health, addiction, peer recovery, and community resources.
• Build strong partnerships with addiction services, behavioral health providers, community outreach organizations, and peer recovery networks.
• Document individual interactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Empower individuals to become self-advocates for their recovery and wellness.
• Apply a strengths-based perspective to all interactions, providing encouragement and hope.
• Act as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders as needed.
• Adhere to BCRI policies, expectations, and professional competencies.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy & advocacy

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Documentation

Job description

Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. (BCRI) is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide supportive, person-focused services for individuals in behavioral health crises and substance use challenges.

You will work with clinicians and partners to guide recovery, link to resources, and empower clients toward wellness. As someone with lived experience, you will help develop crisis plans, facilitate engagement, and ensure access to recovery tools and services while maintaining thorough documentation