Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and teach the philosophy to staff and consumers that recovery is possible for everyone.
• Implement and maintain weekly peer-to-peer support groups.
• Advocate on behalf of consumers.
• Be trained and facilitate committee meetings and groups such as NAMI, Double Trouble, DBSA, WRAP, and Consumer Government.
• Educate and assist consumers with rights, responsibilities, and appeals.
• Publicize peer driven events.
• Represent CREOKS at state and local meetings and awareness events.
• Attend weekly staff/treatment team meetings.
• Assist individuals in attempting to contact and re-engage consumers to treatment.
• Teach skills to recovery.
• Support consumers in using a Wellness Recovery Action Plan.
• Responsible to provide Wellness Services.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be in recovery for at least one(1) year from mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders.
• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to communicate needs to others.
• Ability to share story of recovery to individuals and groups.
• Knowledgeable on mental illnesses and co-occurring disorders.
• Successfully completed the ODMHSAS Recovery Support Provider Training and Test to be credentialed.
• Become a trained facilitator of Double Trouble in Recovery (DTR).
• Become a trained facilitator of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).