Certified Peer Support Specialist CPSS Substance Use Disorder IOP

About the role

Location: Utah. Program: Substance Use Disorder – Intensive Outpatient (IOP) & Outpatient (OP). Schedule: Full-Time / Part-Time. Setting: In Office & In the Community. One Love Agency believes recovery happens through connection, accountability, hope, and community, guided by the Hawaiian value hānai—to take in, to raise as your own. The agency works like a village, with therapists, SUD counselors, peer support specialists, case managers, administrative staff, and community partners collaborating around each person served. We hold ourselves accountable to our Big C’s: Clients, Compliance, and Community Partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group peer support within the SUD IOP and OP programs.
• Use lived recovery experience appropriately to build trust, encourage hope, and support recovery.
• Help clients identify strengths, recovery goals, coping strategies, and healthy supports.
• Support clients in developing recovery routines and connecting with community recovery resources.
• Help clients navigate transitions between IOP, OP, continuing care, and community-based recovery.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate recovery-focused peer groups when assigned.
• Collaborate with therapists, SUD counselors, case managers, and other members of the treatment team.
• Recognize and promptly communicate relapse risks, safety concerns, or significant changes to the appropriate clinical team member.
• Complete timely, accurate, and recovery-focused documentation connected to the client’s treatment plan.
• Participate in required supervision, training, and continuing education.

Requirements

• Current Utah Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS) certification, or ability to meet Utah certification requirements before independently providing peer support services.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Personal lived experience with behavioral health and/or substance use recovery and the ability to use that experience appropriately in a professional peer role.
• Strong interest in working with individuals recovering from substance use disorders.
• Strong communication, listening, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to maintain healthy professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Dependability and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to provide your own iPad or laptop for charting.
• Basic computer skills and ability to complete electronic documentation.
• Ability to meet required background screening, credentialing, training, and payer requirements.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for community-based services as required.
• Previous experience in peer support, recovery services, behavioral health, SUD treatment, mentoring, or group facilitation is preferred.

If you have walked your own recovery journey and are ready to use that experience to help someone else keep moving forward, we would love to meet you. Come be part of the village. Come be part of One Love. Apply today.