Recovery Specialist - Days

Job description

Full-time, Days Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm 80 hrs/2 weeks General Summary: Contributes in a peer support capacity to facilitate recovery and enhance wellness by sharing his/her personal/practical experience and first-hand knowledge to the team and clients. Serves as a role model for recovery for both staff and peers and partners with peers in developing recovery tools and building support networks. Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions: - Assists designated peers with rehabilitative social support, advocacy, educational and vocational mentoring and self-maintenance - Provides information on accessing community resources. - Assists in transportation for peers to necessary appointments, support and outreach. - Provides reminder calls to designated peers to offer reminders and verbal supports in relation to their recovery. - At the request of the peer, assists family members in obtaining support resources, as well as educational information regarding recovery tools. - Provides supports to individuals in recovery in the community when needed. - Provides marketing and trainings within the community as needed. - Partners with peers to create and attain goals on the Individual Re...