Recovery Peer Specialist

Location:HealthPark Medical Center -9981 So HealthPark CircleFort Myers FL 33908

Department: LPG Psychiatric Services

Work Type: Full Time

Minimum to Midpoint Pay Rate:$20.00- $23.50 / hour

Summary

Ideal Candidate: A compassionate and motivated individual with lived experience in recovery and a passion for supporting, encouraging, and empowering others on their own recovery journey.

A Recovery Peer Specialist (RPS) supports people as they work toward recovery from mental health or substance use challenges. The RPS uses their own recovery experience and training to provide support, encouragement, and guidance. They help clients build skills, confidence, and healthy relationships while respecting each persons unique recovery journey.

What Youll Do

• Advocate for individuals and help ensure their voice, choices, goals, and preferences remain at the center of their recovery.
• Mentor and encourage individuals by appropriately sharing lived experience to provide hope, connection, and motivation.
• Provide recovery-oriented support that promotes independence, self-advocacy, wellness, and personal growth.
• Help individuals develop life skills, positive relationships, and community connections that support long-term recovery.
• Collaborate with the care team while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, confidentiality, and respect.
• Apply CRPS training and lived experience to provide support that reflects each individual's stage of recovery.

Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

• Lived experience in recovery and a passion for supporting others.
• Ability to demonstrate competency in advocacy, mentoring, recovery support, and professional responsibility.

Licensure

• Valid Florida drivers license required.

Certification

• BLS and First Aid Certification required within 90 days of hire.
• Must be eligible for Florida Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) Provisional Certification.
• CRPS certification required within one year of hire. (Lee Health provides training and support to help eligible employees obtain CRPS certification within their first year.)

Additional Requirements

• Must pass required background and fingerprinting checks.

Why This Role Matters

Your experience can become someone else's hope.

As a Recovery Peer Specialist, you'll have the opportunity to turn your lived experience into meaningful support for others. You'll help individuals recognize their strengths, build confidence, navigate challenges, and move forward in their recovery.

If you're ready to use your experience to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

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