Peer Recovery Support Specialist - PROACT

Marshall Health•Huntington, WV

About The Position

The Peer Recovery Support Specialist is responsible for providing recovery coaching services as part of the PROACT team. This role helps individuals and families initiate and sustain recovery from substance use and/or co-occurring disorders by removing barriers and obstacles. The specialist serves as a personal guide and mentor, assisting individuals in finding resources for harm reduction, detox, treatment, family support, and education, as well as local or online support groups, or helping them create a personal change plan. The role also involves identifying and cultivating community-wide services and supports, maintaining official records in compliance with HIPAA and other regulations, providing outreach to promote services, and connecting individuals to supports necessary for independent living. The specialist acts as a role model within the homeless, general, and recovery communities, participates in peer reviews, and performs other assigned duties.

Requirements

Requires a minimum a high school degree or recognized equivalent (GED)
Must pursue and attain the WV Peer Recovery (PR) Credential within three months of hiring.
Lived experience with substance use challenges.
Self-identify as being in recovery for at least two (2) years.
Involved with a personal support and/or recovery system.
Reside in stable housing.
Have no legal involvement within the last two (2) years and/or pending legal issues.
No intensive behavioral health treatment involvement within the last six two (2) years, including intensive services, crisis stabilization/detoxification services, residential treatment services and/or psychiatric hospitalization.
Minimum of one year work experience in the field of addiction/recovery.
Computer skills, written and verbal aptitudes are a requirement.
Must have transportation and valid driver’s license.
Background check will be required through WV Cares process (waivers for past criminal justice involvement can be pursued)

Responsibilities

Provides recovery coaching services as part of the PROACT team.
Helps to initiate and sustain an individual/family in their recovery from substance use and/or co-occurring disorders.
Promotes recovery by removing barriers and obstacles to recovery.
Serves as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking, or already in recovery.
Helps an individual find resources for harm reduction, detox, treatment, family support and education, local or online support groups; or helps someone create a change plan to recover on their own.
Helps individuals find ways to stop using (abstinence), or reduce the harm associated with addictive behaviors.
Identifies and cultivates a myriad of community wide services and supports key to meeting the varying needs of those served.
Maintains official records and documents, comply with HIPAA privacy laws, and ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Provides outreach in the local area to promote the recovery coach services.
Connects individuals to personal and community supports necessary to live independently.
Assists individuals with obtaining recovery-oriented materials, attends recovery support meetings, and provide referrals as necessary.
Serves as a role model in the homeless community, the general community, and the recovery community.
Participates in peer reviews.
Performs other duties as assigned or requested.