Certified Peer Recovery Specialist CCBHC
About The Position
The Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) assists clients in articulating personal recovery goals, identifying reasonable and holistic steps toward recovery, and recognizing barriers to those goals. The specialist helps individuals identify personal strengths in daily living and recovery skills and teaches problem-solving, strategies for identifying and countering negative self-talk, social-support development, and self-advocacy. As directed by the clinical team, the PRS intervenes, coordinates, and connects clients to care. The position also completes screens, assessments, and evidence-based protocols as trained and supported by Centerstone. The PRS partners with Centerstone programs and community partners through interdisciplinary meetings, supports crisis intervention and referrals to treatment, and transports clients to appointments and resources. The position requires lived experience receiving mental health, substance use, or gambling treatment, at least one year of recovery, PRS certification, and a valid driver’s license with proof of insurance.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Lived experience receiving mental health, substance use, or gambling treatment.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of one year of recovery.
- PRS certification, including verification of completion of a state-approved training program and a passing score on the certification exam.
- Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to meet communication requirements of certification.
- Basic computer literacy.
Nice To Haves
- Experience within the criminal justice system.
Responsibilities
- Verbalize an understanding of recovery and articulate it to others.
- Assist clients in identifying personal strengths in daily living and recovery skills.
- Assist staff in identifying program elements that support recovery or create barriers to recovery.
- Facilitate evidence-based protocols and safety plans, and complete screens and risk assessments as trained.
- Participate in interdisciplinary meetings and partner with Centerstone programs and community partners.
- Coordinate and assist with crisis intervention and connection to care.
- Coordinate referrals to inpatient, residential behavioral health, mental health, and substance treatment.
- Transport clients to appointments and to access resources.
- Assist clients in articulating personal recovery goals, determining reasonable and holistic recovery steps, and identifying barriers.
- Teach problem-solving skills, methods to identify and combat negative self-talk, ways to build social supports, and self-advocacy.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- 403b retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off and ten paid holidays
- Company-paid AD&D insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability
- Employee Resource Groups
- Continuing education opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
