Peer Support Specialist - REC

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.; Waynesville (NC); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits plan including Medical, Dental, and Vision

Company sponsored life insurance

403(b) retirement account with matching

9 paid holidays per year

PTO and Personal Day accrual starting day 1

Job summary

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. is looking for a Peer Support Specialist for their Recovery Education Center in Waynesville, NC. The role involves supporting individuals in their recovery journeys by providing essential support services designed to inspire hope and promote self-advocacy.

Ideal candidates should have strong outreach skills, familiarity with recovery principles, and the ability to support individuals in accessing community resources. This is a full-time position offering a comprehensive benefits plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals in behavioral health recovery.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practices and self-advocacy.
• Ability to model recovery values and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Utilizing outreach skills to support individual recovery journeys.
• Teaching harm reduction strategies for healthy decision making.
• Facilitating access to community resources.

Skills

Outreach and engagement skills

Self-disclosure and unconditional acceptance

Harm reduction strategies

Crisis management

Community resource facilitation

Job description

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Full Time Technical Waynesville, NC, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1709

Blue Ridge Health

Blue Ridge Health is currently seeking a Peer Support Specialist to be part of our Recovery Education Center (REC) Behavioral Health Team in Waynesville, NC.

What We Offer You

• A competitive benefits plan, including Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage
• 403(b) retirement account with company matching
• 9 paid holidays per year
• PTO and Personal Day accrual, starting day 1 - (We value a work-life balance!)

What You'll Do

The Peer Support Specialist plays a unique and vital role in supporting each individual in his or her journey of recovery. The Peer Support Specialist is responsible for providing an array of support services and interventions designed to inspire hope, support personal responsibility, offer education and promote self-advocacy and self-determination. Responsibilities include:

• Utilizing outreach and engagement skills with each individual that are respectful of their stage of change
• Promoting each individual’s self care by modeling and mentoring recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal actions in order to encourage wellness and resilience.
• Making supportive and encouraging statements regarding each individual’s recovery using self disclosure and unconditional acceptance in order to instill hope.
• Demonstrating skill building techniques with each individual by modeling and/or teaching in order to assist each individual in making progress towards his or her goals and improve the quality of his or her life.
• Teaching harm reduction strategies through discussion of safety and risk taking with each individual in order to enhance healthy decision making.
• Protecting each individual from harm during a crisis in accordance with trauma-informed practices and workable crisis plans. Exploring alternatives to prevent hospitalization and to support the individual in the community whenever possible.
• Promoting self advocacy by facilitating each individual’s learning about his or her human and legal rights and supporting the individual while exercising those rights in order to empower the individual.
• Supporting each individual in accessing community resources by facilitating familiarity with and connection to the local community in order to achieve desired integration.
• Supporting each individual in creating informal support networks which are capable of contributing to the individual’s recovery process.

Disclaimer

This role requires flexibility to transport clients/patients to organization-sponsored services or resources that address their basic and clinical needs. Drivers transporting clients/patients or driving company vehicles are to be age 21 or greater. For those using their personal vehicles to transport clients/patients, a certificate of insurance is required demonstrating a minimum coverage of $100,000 (bodily injury), $300,000 (property damage), and $100,000 (uninsured motor