Lead Peer Recovery Support Specialist
About The Position
The Lead Peer Recovery Support Specialist trains, mentors, and supports peer support specialists, including CRS, CFRS, and CPS staff. The role provides peer-based recovery and re-entry planning across diverse recovery, harm reduction, and wellness pathways; shares personal recovery experiences when appropriate; builds authentic peer relationships with participants; and supports proper documentation and understanding of organizational procedures and workflow. The position facilitates care coordination across substance use treatment, physical and mental health services, harm reduction services, and other social services. Services may be delivered at a community center, through technology, or in the community. The Lead Peer Recovery Support Specialist also serves as a liaison to community referral partners and may take on leadership, peer-supervision, and administrative duties as assigned. The role requires at least five in-person workdays per week as scheduled and availability for at least one weekend day each week.
Requirements
- Certified Recovery Specialist, Certified Peer Specialist, or Certified Family Recovery Specialist credential.
- At least two years of experience working in community-based recovery settings.
- At least one year of experience facilitating care coordination for participants with a history of substance use and/or mental health concerns.
- Experience in a peer specialist role and familiarity with peer concepts and best practices.
- Ability to facilitate care coordination across diverse recovery, harm reduction, and wellness pathways.
- High degree of technological literacy or willingness to acquire these skills as part of employment.
- Reliable, insured personal transportation.
- Work a minimum of five in-person days per week as scheduled and be available at least one weekend day each week.
- A background check may be required for staff working with youth, in criminal justice settings, or other settings as determined by Executive Leadership.
Responsibilities
- Provide peer-based support and care coordination to individuals contemplating or actively seeking behavioral health recovery support.
- Support individuals through all phases of the recovery journey, from pre-recovery engagement through sustained recovery.
- Train, orient, mentor, and support new and existing peer recovery support specialists, including through onboarding, shadowing, direct instruction, and ad hoc problem-solving.
- Model peer support specialist core competencies and best practices when working with participants and peer colleagues.
- Facilitate instructional groups with participants and colleagues.
- Assist in designing procedures for service provision.
- Facilitate care coordination across recovery, harm reduction, wellness, health, and social service pathways.
- Identify and support connections to community resources that align with individuals’ goals and interests, including recovery communities, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual, mutual-aid, and professional services.
- Collaborate with institutions to provide recovery support and, where applicable, re-entry services.
- Identify emergency or crisis situations and connect individuals with appropriate resources, including navigating systems and negotiating access to services.
- Maintain engagement and connections with program community and service referral partners.
- Provide leadership in team activities and community events.
- Complete care coordination plans, recovery plans, applicable re-entry plans, data tracking and entry, project logs, reports, and other required records.
- Participate in daily shift debriefs, weekly individual supervision, and monthly group supervision.
- Communicate regularly through digital channels, including email and group messaging.
- Maintain confidentiality and stay current on relevant federal, state, and local confidentiality rules and regulations.
- Follow PCB codes of ethics and the recovery bill of rights.
- Pursue continuing professional development relevant to recovery support services.
- Maintain CRS, CPS, or CFRS credential if applicable.
- Perform other duties as directed by the Program Director or Local Recovery Support Services Director.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401(k) with company match after one year of service
- Unlimited PTO
- Other benefits as designated by the organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
