Peer Recovery Specialist I | Community Behavioral Health Clinic (1320)

LIFESTREAM BEHAVIORAL CENTER•Leesburg, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Peer Recovery Specialist I has responsibility to carry-out mentoring or specializing with individuals having substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders who are receiving addiction pharmacotherapy. Recovery Specializing refers to a one-on-one relationship in which a peer leader with more recovery experience than the person served, encourages, motivates, and supports a peer who is seeking to establish or strengthen his or her recovery.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum of one year of personal experience or as a family member of someone in recovery from mental health or substance use challenges.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate individuals in recovery.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical guidelines.
Proficiency in using basic computer applications, including email and word processing.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to handle crisis situations calmly and effectively.
Empathy, patience, and a non-judgmental attitude towards individuals facing mental health or substance use challenges.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a state-approved peer recovery training program preferred.

Responsibilities

Mentors or coaches' peers in office, home and community with tasks such as setting recovery goals, developing recovery action plans, and solving problems directly related to recovery, including finding sober housing, making new friends, finding new uses of spare time, and improving one’s job skills.
Help with issues that arise in connection with collateral problems such as having a criminal justice record or coexisting physical or mental challenges.
The Peer Recovery Specialist assists in basic job readiness skills that include resume building and job searches, links to vocational rehabilitation, work force development, vocational schools and colleges.
The Specialist helps peers in early recovery make choices about which recovery pathway(s) will work for them, rather than urging them to adopt the mentor’s or Specialist’s own program or any specific program of recovery.
The candidate will be a member of the treatment team for assigned individuals documenting all encounters according to LifeStream’s policies and procedures.
Mentors' individuals in Recovery and Wellness strategies and model recovery skills and behaviors through lived experience.