Peer Recovery Specialist - PACT Team
Peer Recovery Specialist - PACT Team
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$ 29250 - 45338
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Job Description
Hours: fulltime 37.5 hours per week) MondayFriday 8:30 am 5:00 pm or TuesdaySaturday 8:30 am 5:00 pm.
Location: burg VA 24501
Position Summary
The PACT Peer Recovery Specialist is a grant funded position that will engage with adults with serious mental illness (SMI) who are involved in the legal system through the implementation of a MH docket. The Peer Recovery Specialist will engage participants in the program and assist with linkage to prosocial activities in the community.
This is an entry level position and will be required to complete all required training and supervision hours to apply for certification within one year of hire date. Services include oneonone peer mentoring peer led support groups telephone outreach assisting clients in accessing community resources services and affiliation with recovery supported social activities. Some evening and weekend hours.
Required Education and Experience
- High School Diploma / GED
- At least one continuous year of sustained recovery for persons having lived experience with mental illness or substance use
- Will need to become Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) once hired upon completion of CPRS training program
Related Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of the nature of the recovery process including the use of established standardized mental health substance use and cooccurring processes; Basic knowledge of multiple pathways to recovery; signs and symptoms of mental health and/or substance use challenges and strategies to address these symptoms; Ability to identify an individuals need for resources services and other supports; Ability to coordinate services with diverse public and private providers; Ability to utilize personal experience to support others in recovery; Ability to engage in and sustain ongoing professional relationships with individuals receiving services through appropriate boundary setting.
Ability to participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training; includes both verbal deescalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed; Ability to drive and must possess a valid drivers license; Willing and available to work modified schedules (weekends holidays etc. as required.
HORIZON ENVIRONMENT
Horizon Behavioral Health is located in the beautiful heart of Central Virginia. Whether your passions be hiking the Appalachian Trails kayaking the James River Blueways or a Sunday drive along the worldfamous Blue Ridge Parkway burg Virginia offers smalltown southern charm with an active culture of music festivals outdoor activities worldclass performing arts and a revitalized downtown that placed it at the top of the list by Reviews as the 2019 best place for millennials to move. Horizon is also the proud recipient of Living in burgs 2021 Giving Back Award Best of burg for Counseling Services for multiple consecutive years and named Best Place to Work by burg Business Magazine in 2023 and again in 2024!
To Apply Please visit our online career center at Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
