Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (Part Time)

About the role

Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities. Pyramid Healthcare offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare defined by supportive environments that offer patients the strength they need to overcome life’s challenges. We offer behavioral healthcare services – psychiatry, addiction recovery, mental disorder treatment, etc. – that allow clients at all stages of recovery or rehabilitation to reclaim health and well-being. Turn Your Recovery Experience Into Professional Support For Others. Your lived experience can be powerful—but as a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist, you'll use that experience within a professional treatment environment to help others navigate their own recovery. At Pyramid Healthcare Mountaineer Inpatient, you'll work alongside a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide peer support, encourage treatment engagement, and help clients connect with resources that support recovery beyond treatment. This role is about more than sharing your story. It's about using your experience professionally, maintaining appropriate boundaries, protecting confidentiality, and helping clients build their own path to recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support using your lived experience to encourage recovery and treatment engagement
• Build professional, supportive relationships with clients while maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Help clients connect with community resources and ongoing recovery support
• Collaborate with counselors, nurses, and other members of the treatment team
• Communicate client progress, concerns, and service needs to your supervisor
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation of client and collateral contacts
• Participate in peer record reviews and quality assurance activities
• Maintain professional relationships with staff across disciplines
• Communicate with referral sources as directed
• Provide transportation to community resources and services when needed
• Participate in assigned emergency and after-hours support activities, including crisis planning and hospital diversion
• Protect client confidentiality and follow all organizational policies and professional standards
• Complete required training and continuing education

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Registered or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist certification through the Virginia Board of Counseling at the Department of Health Professions — REQUIRED
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary treatment