Certified Peer Recover Specialist
About the role
Location: Baltimore, MD. Job Type: Full-Time, Part-Time, W-2 Employee. Work Setup: Onsite. Use your lived experience to inspire hope, support recovery, and help clients build stability. We are seeking a compassionate and dependable Certified Peer Recovery Specialist to provide peer-based recovery support, skill-building services, and residential support to individuals with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring challenges. This role is ideal for someone who is committed to recovery, person-centered care, and helping clients build confidence, independence, and community connection. Services are provided onsite in a supportive housing setting, with some community-based support as assigned. The Certified Peer Recovery Specialist will support clients through peer mentoring, recovery planning, skill-building, documentation, wellness activities, and coordination with program teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide one-on-one peer support to individuals in recovery from mental health, substance use, or co-occurring challenges.
- Use lived experience to promote hope, empowerment, resiliency, and self-advocacy.
- Assist clients with recovery planning, goal setting, coping skills, and community resource connections.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate recovery groups, wellness activities, and peer-led workshops.
- Support clients with daily living skills, including hygiene, transportation, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and appointment follow-through.
- Help clients navigate housing, employment, legal, benefits, and community support systems.
- Promote independence, wellness, and recovery-oriented decision-making.
- Collaborate with counselors, nurse case managers, supervisors, and program staff to support client goals.
- Help maintain a safe, structured, and supportive residential environment.
- Conduct room checks, document daily observations, and communicate tenant concerns as needed.
- Support medication access protocols, safety drills, wellness activities, and resident engagement.
- Report maintenance needs, safety concerns, incidents, or behavioral changes promptly.
- Complete accurate and timely progress notes, logs, and required documentation in the electronic health record system.
- Follow confidentiality, HIPAA, COMAR, CARF, Medicaid, and agency documentation standards.
- Participate in supervision, trainings, team meetings, audits, and quality improvement activities.
- Maintain ethical peer practice and healthy professional boundaries.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Valid Maryland Certified Peer Recovery Specialist credential required.
- Personal lived experience with recovery from substance use and/or mental health challenges required.
- Minimum 1 year of sustained recovery strongly preferred.
- At least 1 year of experience in behavioral health, social services, supportive housing, or human services preferred.
- Must pass background check and complete all required onboarding and training.
- CPR/First Aid certification required or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation preferred.
Skills
- Strong ability to connect with clients through empathy, respect, and lived experience.
- Knowledge of recovery pathways, peer support values, and trauma-informed care.
- Strong communication, active listening, and de-escalation skills.
- Ability to document clearly and accurately in an electronic health record.
- Dependable, trustworthy, organized, and ethical.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
- Compassionate, recovery-focused, and culturally responsive approach.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Family and Medical Leave
- health/medical/dental insurance reimbursement or available health coverage
- supplemental health and disability insurance options
- retirement savings plan
- professional development support
Pay
$15.00–$25.00 per hour, based on experience, credentials, and budget.
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM or Saturday - Sunday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.