Certified Peer Support Specialist - Bilingual

AQUILA OF DE INC•Wilmington, DE

About The Position

The Certified Peer Support Specialist provides recovery education and models the possibility of recovery for people in recovery and agency staff. The role helps individuals identify their interests, goals, strengths, and challenges; develop self-directed recovery plans; and make their voices central to rehabilitation and clinical services. It supports connections to community resources, mutual self-help groups, and professional services, and works collaboratively with individuals, agency staff, and other stakeholders to advance recovery goals. The specialist also maintains records, builds relationships with community organizations, identifies barriers to community participation, and provides follow-up engagement and support after individuals leave the program.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Peer Specialist Certification.
Bilingual in Spanish and Haitian Creole.

Responsibilities

Maintain project logs, reports, and records in appropriate files and databases.
Provide recovery education throughout all phases of the recovery journey and model that recovery is possible.
Help people in recovery identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses related to recovery.
Coach people in recovery to develop plans for advancing their recovery and achieving the life they want.
Facilitate the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed Recovery Plan and community-supported recovery maintenance.
Promote self-advocacy by helping people in recovery make their voices heard and establish their needs, goals, and objectives as the focus of rehabilitation and clinical services.
Identify and support connections to community recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual, mutual self-help, and professional resources in collaboration with the recovering person, agency staff, and other stakeholders.
Connect individuals with community-based mutual self-help groups and appropriate professional resources when needed.
Encourage participation in community-based activities such as work, school, relationships, physical activity, and self-directed hobbies.
Develop relationships with community groups and agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
As the role and the specialist’s knowledge evolve, visit community resources with people in recovery to help them become familiar with potential opportunities.
Identify internal and external barriers to participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome them.
Maintain phone and/or email contact with people after they leave the program to support ongoing success and provide re-engagement support in partnership with agency staff when needed.
Provide long-term engagement, support, and encouragement.
Perform other duties as directed by the Executive Director and/or Management Staff.