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Recovery Coach Peer Support Specialist
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$17.7 - $23.23 an hour
Part-time
- Purpose: Recovery Coach/Peer Support Specialists provide hope and support necessary to assist others to make lifestyle changes that lead to better whole-health outcomes.
- Sharing their experience of stigma, discrimination and self-determination, and the impact of behavioral health challenges on all life domains situates them to offer empathy, inspire hope and guide improvement around how these issues affect behavioral healthcare access and engagement.
- Job Summary: This position is part of the opiate crisis response and will have specific duties to create linkages to evidence based treatment services for persons with opiate use disorders.
- Position is working with clients in the criminal justice system who have a desire to get on medication assisted therapies The Recovery Coach/Peer Support Specialist assists clients in articulating their goals for recovery, helps them monitor their progress, models effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the specialist's own recovery experience, and advocates for the client in obtaining effective services.
- The RC/PSS works with individuals in groups and one on one to help people live their lives to the fullest.
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