Peer Support Specialist

Paradigm Recovery Centers; Sedalia (MO); On-site; USD 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradigm Recovery Centers in Sedalia, Missouri is seeking a Peer Support Specialist who uses lived recovery experience to promote hope, self-direction, recovery engagement, and community connection.

Responsibilities include providing individual and group peer recovery support, developing practical recovery action plans, connecting clients with mutual-aid meetings and community resources, and ensuring safe transitions from treatment to community-based supports with proper documentation and

Qualifications

• Lived recovery experience required and applicable to peer credential standards.
• Missouri-recognized credential required for service/funding source.
• Education/training/supervision meeting credential requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer recovery support.
• Appropriately share lived recovery experience to encourage hope and self-determination.
• Assist clients in identifying recovery goals and developing practical recovery action plans.
• Connect clients with mutual-aid meetings, recovery community resources, education, and employment supports.
• Support recovery engagement and transitions from treatment to community-based supports.
• Identify and promptly report safety concerns to qualified clinical personnel.
• Document peer services, contacts, and outcomes accurately while maintaining boundaries.

Skills

Lived recovery experience

Peer credential standards

Education

Missouri-recognized peer support credential

Education, training, and supervision meeting credential requirements

Job description

PARADIGM RECOVERY CENTERS

POSITION DESCRIPTION | PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

Location

Sedalia, Missouri

Department

Clinical / Recovery Support Services

Reports To

Recovery Support Supervisor or Program Director

Position Summary

Uses lived recovery experience and recognized peer support practices to promote hope, self-direction, recovery engagement, and community connection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer recovery support within the peer role.
• Appropriately share lived recovery experience to encourage hope and self-determination.
• Assist clients in identifying recovery goals and developing practical recovery action plans.
• Connect clients with mutual-aid meetings, recovery community resources, education, and employment supports.
• Support recovery engagement and transitions from treatment to community-based supports.
• Identify and promptly report safety concerns to qualified clinical personnel.
• Document peer services, contacts, and outcomes accurately while maintaining boundaries.

Minimum Qualifications

• Lived recovery experience consistent with applicable peer credential standards.
• Missouri-recognized peer support credential when required for the assigned service or funding source.
• Education, training, and supervision meeting the applicable credential and program requirements.

Scope and Accountability

Peer staff do not independently diagnose, provide psychotherapy, determine clinical level of care, or perform licensed duties without separate authorization.

Performance Expectations

Engagement, recovery goal progress, community connections, accurate records, and fidelity to peer support scope.

General Employment Requirements

All personnel must maintain confidentiality, protect client rights, complete required orientation and training, follow Paradigm policies, and meet applicable Missouri DMH background screening and competency requirements. Duties must remain within each employee’s credentials, training, supervision, and authorized scope of practice.