Peer Recovery Specialist - MAT

New River Valley Community Services; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

New River Valley Community Services is seeking a full-time Registered/Certified Peer Recovery Specialist for the MAT program. You will provide non-clinical, wellness-focused support and share your recovery experiences to inspire clients and boost engagement in treatment and community participation.

You will help consumers articulate personal wellness goals and recovery resiliency, supporting self-advocacy and hope in a compassionate, person-centered environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a mental health or substance use disorder that has impacted your life for two years or more and must identify a year in recovery.
• Must identify a year in recovery.
• Certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provide non-clinical, person-centered wellness-focused support to engage clients in the MAT program.
• Share lived recovery experiences to inspire hope and encourage self-advocacy.
• Assist clients in articulating personal goals for wellness and recovery resiliency.

Skills

Lived recovery

Peer support

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program is seeking a full-time Registered/Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who would provide non-clinical, person-centered wellness focused support to engage clients within the MAT program. The Peer Recovery Specialist position would share their first-hand lived experiences with recovery to inspire hope, increase engagement in treatment and in their communities and support consumers in articulating personal goals for wellness, recovery resiliency and self-advocacy.

• Must have a mental health or substance use disorder that has impacted your life for two years or more and must identify a year in recovery.
• Must identify a year in recovery.
• Certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist

Job Description

The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program is seeking a full-time Registered/Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who would provide non-clinical, person-centered wellness focused support to engage clients within the MAT program. The Peer Recovery Specialist position would share their first-hand lived experiences with recovery to inspire hope, increase engagement in treatment and in their communities and support consumers in articulating personal goals for wellness, recovery resiliency and self-advocacy.

• Must have a mental health or substance use disorder that has impacted your life for two years or more and must identify a year in recovery.
• Must identify a year in recovery.
• Certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist

Hourly-Rate Range

$16.46- $18.93

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.

Additional compensation will be considered for any new employees who speak multiple languages.