Recovery-Focused Peer Support Specialist

Recoveryatarchway; Fairfield (CA); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Archway Recovery Services is seeking a Peer Support Specialist to provide Medi-Cal reimbursable services to individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Use lived recovery experience to promote hope and engagement in treatment, while maintaining professional boundaries.

Under supervision, you will document services accurately, support transitions between levels of care, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure recovery goals are achieved in

Qualifications

• Demonstrated lived experience with substance use and/or mental health recovery.
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented principles and person-centered care.
• Ability to establish supportive, recovery-oriented relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, staff, and community partners.
• Ability to reinforce recovery skills, emotional regulation, wellness planning, and coping strategies within the Peer Support Specialist scope of practice.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Ability to complete timely, accurate, and Medi-Cal compliant documentation.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and demonstrate professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group Peer Support Services consistent with each client's individualized treatment plan.
• Build supportive, recovery-oriented relationships that promote hope, empowerment, and sustained engagement in treatment.
• Share lived recovery experience appropriately while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Reinforce coping skills, emotional regulation, communication, recovery planning, healthy boundaries, relapse prevention strategies, and other recovery concepts introduced by the treatment team.
• Assist clients in identifying personal recovery goals, recognizing strengths, and celebrating recovery progress.
• Support clients during admissions, discharges, transfers, and transitions between levels of care to promote continuity of care.
• Encourage participation in treatment services, recovery support meetings, and community-based recovery resources.
• Collaborate with counselors, therapists, care coordinators, and other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record on the date of service, including start time, end time, duration, interventions provided, and applicable Medi-Cal Peer Support Service components.
• Maintain compliance with DHCS, Medi-Cal, CalMHSA, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, organizational policies, and ethical standards.
• Participate in required supervision, staff meetings, trainings, and continuing education.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lived recovery experience

Recovery-oriented care

Effective communication

Empathy

Team collaboration

Documentation accuracy

Professional boundaries

Education

Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Archway Recovery Services is seeking a Peer Support Specialist to provide Medi-Cal reimbursable services to individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Use lived recovery experience to promote hope and engagement in treatment, while maintaining professional boundaries.

Under supervision, you will document services accurately, support transitions between levels of care, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure recovery goals are achieved in