Peer Support Specialist - ClubHouse

Alleghany Highlands Community Services•Covington, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Alleghany Highlands Community Services provides services and support to individuals in our community with behavioral health challenges and intellectual and developmental disabilities. A Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) is a self-identified person with lived experience with a mental health and/or addiction condition who is in successful and ongoing recovery from mental health and/or addiction challenges. Peer Recovery Specialists use their lived experience to support another person's recovery journey. This role will serve individuals in AHCS' Psychosocial Rehabilitation program. Assists individuals in mental health crises by providing supportive counseling, helping them articulate their support needs and developing strategies for recovery, helping them monitor their progress, and modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the specialist's recovery experience and training.

Requirements

High School graduate or GED required
A valid driver's license and safe driving record are required
Must be, or have previously been a recipient of mental health services or substance use disorder services for a mental illness or substance use disorder and should be well along in the recovery process
Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (unless already CPRS, this is an entry-level position and will prepare you for certification)
Required to complete all necessary training and supervision hours to apply for certification within nine months of the hire date
Knowledge of services and systems available in the community including primary health care, support services, and generic community resources
Knowledge of the nature of the recovery process including the use of established standardized mental health, substance use, and co-occurring processes
Knowledge and understanding of multiple pathways to recovery; signs and symptoms of mental health and/or substance use challenges and strategies to address these symptoms
Knowledge and understanding of applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as governing codes of conduct surrounding the profession; understanding of the code of ethics, core competencies, and scope of practice guiding the work of the profession
Knowledge of trauma and impact on recovery
Ability to identify and document an individual's need for resources, services, and other supports
Ability to develop recovery, resiliency, and wellness plans by integrating information obtained from informal assessments, evaluations, observations, and interviews
Ability to promote services, supports, and strategies for the recovery process
Ability to deliver peer services within agencies and organizations

Nice To Haves

Unless you are already CPRS, this is an entry-level position, and this position will prepare you for certification and you will be required to complete all the necessary training and supervision hours to apply for certification within nine months of the hire date.

Responsibilities

Assists individuals in mental health crises by providing supportive counseling
Helps individuals articulate their support needs and develop strategies for recovery
Helps individuals monitor their progress
Models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the specialist's recovery experience and training
Provides one-on-one peer mentoring
Leads peer-led support groups
Provides telephone outreach
Assists clients in accessing community resources, services, and affiliation with recovery-supported social activities

Benefits

Automatic pay raise after obtaining CPRS certification
Quality behavior health training with Southwest Virginia agency in operation for 40 years
Health/Vision/Dental Insurance
Employer match on retirement contributions
Generous annual leave and sick leave
Educational Assistance

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