Peer Recovery Specialist-Peer Led Wellness Home

General Responsibilities

• Provide lived experience with recovery from mental health and/or substance use challenges to support others navigating their own journeys.
• Function as a role model to peers
• Exhibit competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills, serve as a consumer advocate, and provide consumer information and peer support for consumers in outpatient and inpatient settings
• Offer trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally competent peer support in both structured and flexible environments.
• Foster empowerment, mutuality, and self-determination in alignment with the core values of peer respites.
• Collaborate with individuals to co-create goals, coping strategies, and community connections based on the Individual Service Plan (ISP).
• Work within home-like, non-clinical settings such as the PLWS program, which emphasizes voluntary engagement, peer leadership, and community-based supports.

Qualifications and Skills

• Be a certified Peer Recovery Specialist
• Hold a valid driver’s license with an acceptable DMV record
• Experience in using various computer software applications and/or Electronic Health Record (Preferred)

Benefits

• Health Insurance/Life Insurance
• Retailment/Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Vacation/Sick leave
• Legal Resources

General Information

Job Title: Peer Recovery Specialist-Peer Led Wellness Home
Location: Suffolk, VA.
Employee Type: Full time
Job Category: Support