Peer Recovery & Wellness Advocate

Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services; Danville (VA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services in Virginia seeks a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide person-centered wellness support, engage individuals in treatment, and promote recovery planning and community integration. You will share lived recovery experiences to inspire hope and work with the treatment team on the wellness plan.

Responsibilities include outreach, crisis intervention, daily living support, transportation to implement the service plan, and documentation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver's license and safe driving record.
• Must be, or have previously been a recipient of mental health or substance use disorder services for a mental illness or substance use disorder and should be well along in the recovery process.
• Fingerprints, State and FBI criminal record reports, drug test, and central registry (CANIS) report may be required upon request. Our Agency maintains a drug-free workplace.

Responsibilities

• Provide person centered wellness focused support to engage individuals in treatment and to promote use of the individuals wellness recovery plan.
• Share first hand lived experiences with recovery to inspire hope and increase engagement in treatment and in their communities.
• Assist individuals in articulating personal goals for wellness, recovery resiliency and self-advocacy; carry out wellness rehabilitation for mental health and substance use disorders.
• Promote recovery from substance use and/or mental health conditions; promote employment, education, health, and community integration; serve as a role model for personal recovery.
• Provide outreach, monitoring, advocacy, daily living support, crisis intervention, transportation to implement the individual service plan, and documentation of contacts and activities.

Skills

Peer Support

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services in Virginia seeks a Peer Recovery Specialist to provide person-centered wellness support, engage individuals in treatment, and promote recovery planning and community integration. You will share lived recovery experiences to inspire hope and work with the treatment team on the wellness plan.

Responsibilities include outreach, crisis intervention, daily living support, transportation to implement the service plan, and documentation.