Certified Peer Recovery Supporter

Summary:

A Certified Peer Recovery Supporter is a trained individual who has lived experience with addiction to alcohol and/or drugs who provides one-to-one strengths-based support to peers in recovery, empowering them to make healthier choices on a day-to-day basis. The Thrive Community Program connects Certified Peer Recovery Supporter with individuals receiving other forms of behavioral health care. This program works to link peers with recovery support services.

Reporting to the Peer Recovery Coach Supervisor, the Certified Peer Recovery Supporter will be an accountability partner to promote recovery by engaging in a personal and positive supportive relationship, demonstrating and inspiring hope, trust, and a positive outlook and optimize client connection with a broad range of community based services and natural supports. The Certified Peer Recovery Supporter is a support team member that is working directly with peers in the community and through other treatment supports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Through identifying as a person in recovery and intentionally sharing their Recovery Story; using that as appropriate means to assist clients, providing hope and help in changing patterns and behaviors.
• Helps peers understand recovery, as well as identify and achieve their own recovery needs, wants, and goals.
• Provides information and opportunities for individuals to direct their own recovery and advocacy processes - individualized recovery action plans will be utilized to assist and guide individuals toward their own personal goals
• Assist clients in finding resources for harm reduction, detoxification treatment, family support, and support groups
• Teaches and supports acquisition and utilization of skills needed to sustain recovery from substance abuse
• Responsible for maintaining accurate records, confidentiality and compiling timely reports.
• Maintains records and provides assistance with appropriate documentation in files and computer database.
• Provide recovery resources to individuals and their family members.
• Advocate for the needs of each individual.
• Caseload management including all necessary documentation.
• Communicate with hospital staff to build a rapport and coordinate care.