Peer Recovery Support Specialist Level 1: Community Based
About The Position
The Peer Recovery Support Specialist assists clients and their families in their recovery journey by drawing on lived experience and specialized training. The role advocates for and coordinates integrated physical health care, behavioral health care, addiction treatment, and social services, with an emphasis on wellness and helping clients reclaim their lives from mental illness, addiction, and/or trauma. The position is expected to meet productivity guidelines set by the outpatient management team. This community-based role provides services in settings such as clients’ homes, community venues or agencies, confidential outdoor spaces, telehealth, and NorthCare offices. Community-based staff provide services in the community for at least 20 hours of a 40-hour work week or more than 50% of their designated work week. The role requires travel between appointments, reliable transportation, access to an internet hotspot while in the field, flexibility, and sound judgment when onsite supervision is limited. Staff may be expected to work weekends, holidays, or during closures if required by the program.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Meet ODMHSAS criteria for a Peer Recovery Support Specialist, including knowledge of mental health recovery and wellness and being a current or former consumer of mental health services.
- Obtain ODMHSAS Peer Recovery Support Specialist certification within 60 days of hire if not already certified, and complete annual continuing education requirements to maintain certification.
- Obtain ODMHSAS Wellness Coach Certification within 60 days of hire if not already certified, and complete annual continuing education requirements to maintain certification.
- Proficiency in MS Word processing software and intermediate general computer skills.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate verbally effectively with English-speaking clients.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to move about facilities freely.
- Reliable transportation and ability to travel locally.
- Valid Oklahoma driver’s license, with verification provided during employment.
- Current automobile liability insurance, including uninsured motorist coverage, with verification provided.
- Maintain CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options certifications, or obtain them within 30 days of employment.
- Complete Co-Occurring Training and Trauma Informed Training within 60 days of employment.
- Have a TB test dated within 12 months before employment or obtain one within 30 days of employment.
- Adhere to all laws, professional standards, and ethical codes applicable to the job.
Nice To Haves
- Certification as a WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) facilitator.
Responsibilities
- Provide integrated services that are welcoming, engaging, accessible, recovery-focused, strengths-based, culturally competent, client-centered, trauma-informed, and capable of addressing co-occurring needs.
- Promote an organizational culture consistent with NorthCare values, trauma-informed care, and health and wellness.
- Deliver individual and group health-promotion services, including monitoring client vitals, providing condition-specific health education, developing self-management plans, supporting social networks, and offering lifestyle interventions.
- Provide lifestyle interventions related to substance-use prevention, smoking prevention and cessation, obesity prevention and reduction, nutrition, and physical activity.
- Provide individual and family support, including teaching self-advocacy, helping clients obtain and adhere to medications and prescribed treatments, building community social skills, and creating crisis plans or psychiatric advance directives.
- Identify resources that support clients in reaching their highest level of health and functioning in their families and communities.
- Provide transportation to and support during medically necessary services when needed.
- Advocate for clients within NorthCare and the community to support recovery and independent living.
- Facilitate peer support groups, including Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups.
- Help clients recognize and use their strengths, skills, talents, and abilities to increase independence and self-sufficiency.
- Support clients in developing or maintaining relationships with family, friends, neighbors, and significant others in the community.
- Support assessments by gathering information about symptoms, behavior, functioning, history, needs, goals, and preferences, and help develop care management plans integrating physical and behavioral health needs.
- Support monitoring and tracking client outcome measures.
- Maintain timely clinical records and complete required forms in accordance with agency policy, funding-source requirements, and accreditation standards.
- Maintain professional competency through relevant reading, workshops, and training, and meet continuing education and certification requirements.
- Follow applicable NorthCare electronic-record, CCBHC, ODMHSAS, contract, benchmark, National Outcome Measure, and Medicaid requirements.
- Return phone calls and text pages promptly, check and respond to email daily, maintain consistent attendance, and notify the supervisor promptly about late arrivals or absences.
- Meet dress code expectations, complete required NorthCare courses and training, and comply with agency policies, documentation deadlines, and productivity expectations.
- Perform other reasonable work within the employee’s qualifications.
Benefits
- Eligible for a phone and hotspot stipend.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
