Peer Recovery Coach & Wellness Advocate

Northwestern Community Services Board; Winchester (VA); In loco; USD 33.000 - 41.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Northwestern Community Services Board in Winchester, VA, is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide non-clinical, recovery-focused support to individuals with mental illness and/or SUD. You will use lived experience to coach, mentor, and connect clients with community resources, promoting wellness and personal recovery goals.

The role emphasizes WRAP and other peer-led group sessions, collaboration with clinical teams, and active participation in supervision and program development.

Competenze

• High School diploma or GED required.
• At least one year experience in behavioral health services or with behavioral health populations required.
• Lived experience of recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorder with at least 1 year of psychiatric stability and/or sobriety.
• Completion of Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services 72-hour peer-support training required.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license, good driving record and the ability to provide personal transportation as necessary to perform job duties.

Mansioni

• Provides face to face interactions that support an individual achieving their self-identified level of recovery, wellness, independence or personal strengths.
• Serves as a role model of recovery and wellness and self-advocacy.
• Assist an individual or family receiving services with writing and communicating their personal recovery-wellness plans and to identify ways to reach those goals using a person-centered, individual recovery-wellness plan.
• Provides trained peer-to-peer support in groups encouraging and supporting participation and self-directed participation, such as WRAP, Dual Recovery, etc.
• Facilitates non-clinical peer to peer recovery education and wellness coaching through group activities in topics such as health leisure activities, community involvement strategies, etc.

Conoscenze

Lived experience

Formazione

High School diploma or GED

Descrizione del lavoro

Northwestern Community Services Board in Winchester, VA, is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide non-clinical, recovery-focused support to individuals with mental illness and/or SUD. You will use lived experience to coach, mentor, and connect clients with community resources, promoting wellness and personal recovery goals.

The role emphasizes WRAP and other peer-led group sessions, collaboration with clinical teams, and active participation in supervision and program development.