Certified Recovery Specialist

About the Role

As a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS), you will provide peer support services, serve as a patient advocate, and offer peer support for patients in emergency, outpatient, or inpatient settings. You will perform a wide range of tasks to assist patients in regaining control over their lives and recovery process, modeling competence in recovery and coping.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in articulating personal goals for recovery.
• Assist patients in determining reasonable and holistic steps moving toward recovery.
• Assist patients in identifying barriers to recovery goals.
• Assist patients in identifying personal strengths in daily living and recovery skills.
• Observe and reinforce positive progress that patients make toward recovery goals.
• Teach problem-solving skills.
• Teach patients to identify and combat negative self-talk.
• Teach patients how to identify and overcome fears.
• Support the vocational choices patients make and assist them in overcoming job-related anxieties and conflicts.
• Assist patients in building social skills by demonstrating and reinforcing proper conduct and respectful interaction.
• Assist non-patient team in identifying program elements that are supportive or destructive to recovery.
• Assist patients in identifying and utilizing community support agencies and services.
• Attend treatment team meetings and medication appointments as requested to represent the needs and perspectives of the patient.
• Utilize your unique recovery experience to teach and role model the value of every individual's recovery experience.
• Maintain effective coping and self-help techniques.
• Continue to develop professional skills by maintaining certification through required coursework.
• Attend relevant seminars and team in-service training whenever offered.
• Investigate community resources for appropriateness of services to patients.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with patients and avoid dual relationships within the community.
• Support treatment team objectives and strategies.
• Fulfill documentation requirements of employer accurately and in a timely manner.
• Use inclusive, culturally appropriate language and attitudes with all patients and teammates.
• Attend team meetings and complete all training courses timely as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (General Equivalency Diploma).
• Maintains Certified Recovery Specialty credential via the PA Certification Board.
• Self-identify as a current or former patient.
• Maintain healthy recovery from substance abuse.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to meet written communication requirements.
• Verify completion of state-approved training program and passing score on certification exam.
• Possess a current valid driver’s license in good standing in state of employment and be insurable by the designated carrier.
• This role is required to drive for company purposes. Travel up to 50% may be required.

Preferred

• Experience in behavioral health industry.

Benefits

• 18 days PTO (Paid Time Off).
• 401k with company match.
• Company-sponsored ongoing training and certification opportunities.
• Full comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and accident insurance.
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP).
• Discounted tuition and scholarships through Capella University.