Recovery Specialist - Support Team for Addiction Recovery

Responsibilities

• Develop a collaborative partnership with the individuals on your caseload to assist them in developing plans for their care that are culturally informed and allow them to work towards their chosen value role.
• Utilize lived experience to guide individuals in reaching their recovery goals.
• Provide education to individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social services, and recovery support systems.
• Provide recovery support peer services based on the individual’s preference and his/her assessed needs.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team that can include nurses, therapists, case managers, and other community partners involved in an individual’s life.
• Aid individuals in accessing recovery support services in the community.
• Help individuals maintain healthy community, family, and social functioning.
• Be a positive role model by appropriately sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
• Maintain ethical boundaries with individuals.
• Maintain ongoing, regular, and consistent professional relationships with individuals.
• Utilize company resources to provide transportation, when appropriate for that individual.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community providers and treatment facilities.
• Complete documentation in adherence with agency and program standards.

Qualifications

• Identify as a person with lived experience or a family member of a person with lived experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree preferred.
• Must have 2 years’ experience in the guiding principles of recovery that assist individuals to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and reach their full potential.
• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) preferred or enrollment in courses upon hire.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Medical and dental insurance
• Vision plan
• Retailment plan
• Flexible spending plans

Excellence Time Benefits

• Opportunity for personal and career growth, including supervision towards professional licensure for eligible candidates
• Team-oriented environment – we practice the FISH! Philosophy

Qualifications

• All positions require a valid driver’s license in good standing and pre-employment drug screening.