Peer Recovery Support Specialist

WV Family Support & Rehabilitation Services; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Company parties

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Job summary

WV Family Support & Rehabilitation Services is seeking a Peer Support Specialist to guide and support individuals recovering from substance abuse. Your role involves being a mentor and advocate, using personal experience to assist in preventing relapse.

The ideal candidate will have at least a high school diploma, relevant recovery certification, and at least two years of personal recovery experience. Competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Must have been in recovery for a minimum of two years.
• Valid driver’s license with insurance required.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in overcoming barriers to recovery.
• Provide emotional support and information to clients.
• Facilitate connections to community resources and self-help groups.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Resourceful and independent thinker

Ability to work with a diverse group of people

Education

High school diploma or GED

WV Peer Recovery Support Specialist Certification

Job description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off

Job Summary

The Peer Support Specialist role is to use their own unique, life-altering experience to guide and support others who are in recovery from substance abuse. The PRSS will serve as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to recovering individuals in order to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• WV Peer Recovery Support Specialist Certification
• Must have been in recovery for a minimum of two years and be involved with a personal support and / or recovery system and not have received SUD treatment for the preceding six months
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people
• Valid driver’s license, vehicle, insurance, and car registration, able to transport clients in own vehicle and company vehicles

Preferred Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Must be resourceful, an independent and critical thinker, and self-sufficient
• Ability to prioritize tasks, exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
• Proficient understanding of basic office applications and computer skills.

Certifications

All certifications will be required to be completed within 30 days of employment with yearly revalidation per company’s policy

• HIPAA
• Adult CPR -First Aid
• Blood Borne Pathogens
• Professional Boundaries Training
• UDS competency
• SUD competency
• Cultural Diversity training and competency
• Naloxone Training
• Crisis intervention training that includes workplace violence, education
• Other Trainings as assigned
• Requirement of at least 25 Continuing Education hours per year for agency for all direct care staff

Role and Responsibilities

• Providing medically necessary services to clients with SUD
• Primary role is to assist clients in overcoming barriers and helping them bridge the gaps between their needs and available resources in their community to sustain their recovery process.
• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and challenges regarding recovery.
• Provide emotional support services - demonstrate empathy, caring, or concern to bolster a person’s self-esteem and confidence.
• Provide informational support services - Share knowledge and information and/or provide life or vocational skills training.
• Provide emotional support services - Provide concrete assistance to help others accomplish tasks.
• Provide emotional support services - Facilitate contacts with other people to promote learning of social and recreational skills, create community and acquire a sense of belonging.
• Ability to share personal lived experience in a way that empowers others, understanding that all sharing of lived experience must benefit the client, not the PRSS
• Provide a model for both people in recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible
• Provide education and advocacy within the community and reduce the stigma and discrimination against people with mental health and substance use disorders
• Facilitate the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed recovery plan, facilitate aftercare services
• Support Connections to community based, mutual self-helps groups. Link individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed. Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies. Etc.).
• Assist with adult living skills lost while in active substance use
• Complete progress notes and documentation in a timely manner, including billing and recovery plans, upload these to EMR database
• Attend treatment team meetings periodically
• Attend weekly PRSS meetings
• Transport clients during initial transition period to help them acclimate.
• Collecting urine drug screens periodically and maintaining UDS competency
• Other duties and documentation as directed