SAFE Peer Recovery Specialist
SAFE Peer Recovery Specialist
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When you join the Arrowleaf team you are committing to a meaningful career where your work will make a difference for your neighbors throughout Southern Illinois and strengthen our region as a whole. Youll have a chance to build well-being not just for the people you work with but for yourself as well as you gain life-changing experiences enjoy highly competitive benefits and experience unmatched opportunities for advancement.
Mission:Arrowleafs mission is to help all Southern Illinoisans reach their full potential. We provide resources and opportunities that support individuals of all ages so they can thrive make our communities more vibrant and build economic prosperity that benefits everyone.
Vision:We envision a Southern Illinois where all individuals are contributing to a community that is safe and vibrant for everyone.
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- Models personal responsibility self-advocacy and hope by sharing personal recovery experiences and developing authentic peer-to-peer relationships within the parameters of professional boundaries.
- Assists in the orientation process for persons who are new to receiving SUD and/or co-occurring disorders services; fills the support gap between initial contact and enrollment into services as needed.
- Assist consumers in overcoming any barriers to meeting recovery goals through the provision of general support case management services assertive outreach and teaching of life management self-advocacy and interpersonal skills.
- Engages and assist in the development of the individual treatment plan collaboratively with consumers and providers by defining recovery and health management goals specific outcomes and time-frames.
- Work with consumers one-on-one and in groups to provide recovery training outreach and support to individuals who are struggling with SUD and/or in the process of achieving or attempting to maintain their recovery from SUD.
- Arrange for or directly provide transportation to recovery and wellness services appointments.
- Keeps the treatment team informed about consumers strengths accomplishments and obstacles in relation to their recovery goals.
- Continuously expand knowledge of community resources services and programs available to individuals served and build ongoing relationships with these organizations in order to advocate individuals with or in recovery from SUD.
- Follows agency policy and procedure for all reports of abuse and neglect or suspected abuse and neglect.
- Follows agency crisis intervention protocol to refer individuals to crisis intervention services/staff when someone presents in mental health crisis.
- Responsible for assisting in the distribution of Naloxone safer smoking kits and other supplies along with providing overdose prevention training to clients and community members monthly in accordance with SAFE grant deliverables.
- Ensures program readiness for implementation of Safer Use services including outreach and community engagement activities.
- Collaborate with internal program staff and external contractors to plan and provide direct Safer Use services targeting individuals at high risk of overdose.
- Co-facilitate culturally responsive community trainings on harm reduction overdose prevention and safer drug use as scheduled throughout the grant period.
- Work alongside community partners such as Prevention First to coordinate Safer Transitions to Care and integrated referral pathways.
- Professional & upward mobility opportunities
- A family-oriented atmosphere
- Health wellbeing stipend ($200 per fiscal year)
- 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance options
- Dental vision and health available after 1st day of the month after 60 calendar days of employment
- $50000 life insurance policy
- Travel reimbursement
- Up to 368 hours of paid time off just within your first year of employment! Includes 13 paid holidays up to 40 hours personal time 12 sick days 40 hours bereavement leave 12 vacation days (6 month probation period) and 8 hours volunteer paid time off per year.
- Additional opportunities for compensation are available above starting salary!
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Arrowleaf is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Arrowleaf will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any pre-employment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to Human Resources.
Arrowleaf is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal State and local laws regarding it. EEO is a set of standards that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the persons actual or perceived race color religion sex (including pregnancy and related conditions gender identity and sexual orientation) marital status national origin ancestry age (40 or older) disability or genetic information (including family history) order of protection status or military status or unfavorable discharge from military service. The laws apply to all types of work situations including recruiting hiring disciplinary actions terminations promotions pay practices training wages and benefits.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
