Peer Recovery Specialist - Part Time (Th-Sa, 7a - 3:30p)

The Peer Recovery Specialist assists clients to access recovery-oriented substance use and mental health treatment, resources and community recovery supports. This position bridges the fragmented treatment system into a more holistic care model through providing support across multiple systems and frameworks of care across the community.

Requirements

• Embraces, understands, and operates under the Recovery Model, including AIDET and the spirit of motivational interviewing.
• Engages with individuals served by Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center for the purpose of assisting with access to initial and ongoing treatment and support.
• Draws on own lived experience to provide peer recovery services in a variety of locations.
• Works with clinical team to conduct initial needs assessment, reviews the individual’s behavioral history, and assists in identifying the client’s goals and expectations.
• Accompanies patients providing peer recovery support to appointments, meetings, and social service agencies as needed.
• Accurately documents services provided in the electronic health record.
• Provides community resource referrals, advocacy, support, outreach, and follow-up.
• Triage Service Area: Performs patient care activities including but not limited to performing vital sign measurements, collecting specimens, monitoring nutritional status, assisting patients with bathing, feeding, toileting, and other related duties.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan