Peer Recovery Specialist-Peer Led Wellness Home

Western Tidewater CSB; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Tidewater CSB is seeking a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist for their Peer Led Wellness Home. This role involves providing lived experience to support peers recovering from mental health and substance use challenges.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with individuals to co-create goals, provide advocacy, and foster empowerment in a non-clinical, home-like setting. A valid driver’s license and certification as a Peer Recovery Specialist are mandatory.

Qualifications

• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable DMV record.
• Experience using various computer software applications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide lived experience to support others in recovery.
• Function as a role model and advocate for peers.
• Collaborate on goals and coping strategies.

Skills

Lived experience with recovery

Role modeling

Culturally competent peer support

Advocacy skills

Education

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Tools

Various computer software applications

Electronic Health Record

Job description

Western Tidewater CSB is seeking a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist for our Peer Led Wellness Home.

General Responsibilities for Peer Recovery Specialist:

• Provide lived experience with recovery from mental health and/or substance use challenges to support others navigating their own journeys.
• Function as a role model to peers.
• Exhibit competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills, serve as a consumer advocate, and provide consumer information and peer support for consumers in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Offer trauma‑informed, person‑centered, and culturally competent peer support in both structured and flexible environments.
• Foster empowerment, mutuality, and self‑determination in alignment with the core values of peer respites.
• Collaborate with individuals to co‑create goals, coping strategies, and community connections based on the Individual Service Plan (ISP).
• Work within home‑like, non‑clinical settings such as the PLWS program, which emphasizes voluntary engagement, peer leadership, and community‑based supports.

Qualifications and Skills for Peer Recovery Specialist:

• Be a certified Peer Recovery Specialist.
• Hold a valid driver’s license with an acceptable DMV record.
• Experience in using various computer software applications and/or Electronic Health Record (Preferred).