Recovery Support Specialist, Recovery Residential

About the role

As a Recovery Support Specialist at Heritage Behavioral Health Center, you will provide hope, guidance, and practical support to adults on their recovery journey as they transition from residential settings to their natural support systems. You will empower individuals to define and achieve their personal goals, build resilience, and strengthen connections to natural supports.

Responsibilities

• Build trusting, supportive relationships with individuals based on shared lived experience and mutual respect.
• Provide peer mentoring and recovery coaching to help clients identify strengths, set goals, and develop coping strategies.
• Promote SAMHSA’s recovery principles by encouraging self-determination, empowerment, and community inclusion.
• Aid clients in accessing resources for housing, employment, education, healthcare, and social supports.
• Facilitate connections to peer support groups and recovery-oriented activities.
• Model recovery and resilience through appropriate self-disclosure and advocacy.
• Support individuals during transitions, including hospital discharge, crisis stabilization, or entry into treatment.
• Document services accurately and maintain confidentiality in compliance with agency and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with clinical teams, social service agencies, and community partners to coordinate care.
• Utilize and implement Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) principles in an individual and group setting.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 21 years of age
• A valid driver’s license, reliable means of transportation, and proof of automobile insurance

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain Certification as a Recovery Support Specialist within 12 months of employment

Skills

• Knowledge of recovery principles, peer support ethics, and trauma-informed care
• Familiarity with mental health and substance use challenges and community resources
• Strong communication and active listening skills
• Problem-solving and advocacy skills to help individuals navigate complex systems

Benefits

• Generous Time Off: Vacation, sick, personal, and holiday leave
• Wellness Benefits: Wellness days, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and fitness reimbursement
• Health Insurance: Health, dental, vision, flex spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care), and additional life insurance (with substantial agency contributions)
• Retirement: 401k and Roth
• Professional Growth: Tuition assistance and continuing education opportunities
• Loan Forgiveness: Eligible through the National Health Service Corp

Pay

• $18.00/hour + paid wellness day every other week
• $23.00/hour + paid wellness day every other week

Schedule

• Full-Time 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Sunday – Thursday
• Every other Thursday paid off (wellness day)
• Full-Time 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Tuesday – Saturday
• Every other Tuesday paid off (wellness day)