Senior Peer Recovery Coordinator - Evenings & Weekends

Prevention Links Inc; Highland Park (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Prevention Links Inc in Highland Park, NJ, seeks a Senior Peer Services Coordinator to support the Community Peer Recovery Center program. You will help coordinate activities, engage participants, and connect them with essential services while upholding agency policies and reporting requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with staff and partners, outreach, and ensuring recovery-oriented service delivery. Flexibility for evening/weekend events and local travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with addiction and recovery.
• Associate’s degree in social work, human services, or a related field.
• NJ Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) certification preferred.
• Minimum of two years of experience in program coordination, supervision, or human services.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish or Creole preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the coordination of recovery center programs, trainings, meetings, and special events.
• Support implementation of recovery center activities and participant engagement initiatives.
• Collaborate with community partners and stakeholders to support recovery-oriented programming and referrals.
• Field referrals from internal and external partners and connect participants to appropriate services and supports.
• Facilitate communication and coordination among recovery center staff, volunteers and program participants.
• Maintain professional communication with participants, staff, partners, and stakeholders.
• Answer phones appropriately, respond to inquiries, and make referrals as needed.
• Assist with outreach and engagement efforts to increase awareness of services and facilitate referrals.
• Represent Prevention Links within the community and at events, meetings, and outreach activities.
• Support onboarding and orientation of new staff, interns, and volunteers.
• Provide guidance and support to peer recovery specialists and recovery center staff as assigned.
• Participate in all required trainings and staff development activities.
• Foster a positive, respectful, and recovery-oriented team environment.
• Assist with data collection, reporting, and documentation related to program activities and grant deliverables.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation in agency databases and reporting systems.
• Adhere to agency policies, procedures, ethical standards, and reporting requirements.
• Accurately document and report incidents or concerns in alignment with agency protocols.
• Support agency goals, initiatives, and strategic priorities as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Bilingual Spanish/Creole

Microsoft Office

Time management

Documentation

Education

Associate's degree in social work/human services/related field

NJ CPRS certification (preferred)

Lived experience with addiction and recovery

Tools

Recovery Data Platform (RDP)

Basecamp

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Prevention Links Inc in Highland Park, NJ, seeks a Senior Peer Services Coordinator to support the Community Peer Recovery Center program. You will help coordinate activities, engage participants, and connect them with essential services while upholding agency policies and reporting requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with staff and partners, outreach, and ensuring recovery-oriented service delivery. Flexibility for evening/weekend events and local travel is expected.