Peer Recovery Specialist Mental Health

Job Title : Peer Recovery Specialist Mental Health

Job Description

Peer Recovery Specialist - $22 / hour

Peak shift : Tuesday through Saturday, 1-10 pm

• Respond to community response calls as directed by dispatcher and / or director / supervisor.
• Maintain project logs, reports, and records in appropriate files and database(s).
• Assist in problem-solving and de-escalation of distress at any given time.
• Provide a model for both people in recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible for people with Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health.
• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses regarding recovery.
• Assist / coach recovering persons in developing their own plan for advancing their recovery; for getting the life they want.
• Facilitate (via personal coaching) the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed Recovery Plan.

Transition from professionally assisted recovery initiation to personally directed, community-supported recovery maintenance.

• Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals, and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.
• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, that support the recovering person’s goals and interests.

This involves a collaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff, and other relevant stakeholders.

Support connections to community-based, mutual self-help groups. Link individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed.

Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (.

work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, .

• Develop relationships with community groups / agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
• As the recovery specialist position evolves and knowledge increases, visit community resources with recovering persons to assist them in becoming familiar with potential opportunities.
• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Maintain contact by phone and / or email with recovering persons after they leave the program to ensure their ongoing success and to provide re-engagement support in partnership with others in the agency if needed.

Provide long-term engagement, support, and encouragement.

Hard Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 12 months total of successful paid or voluntary work experience within the last three years
• Active Certification in good standing as a Certified Recovery Specialist (must acquire within 6 months of employment)

Soft Skills

• Problem-solving
• De-escalation
• Personal coaching
• Self-advocacy promotion
• Relationship building
• Long-term engagement and support

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 9 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Hartford, Connecticut.