Peer Support Specialist

Overview
Seeking: Peer Support Specialist - Outpatient MAT
Full Time Schedule: Monday - Friday, 5:15 AM - 1:45 PM
Our Benefits:

• Quarterly Bonus Program
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Competitive 401(k) plan
• Paid vacation and sick time
• STAR LRP Student Loan Forgiveness
• Early morning hours offering a great work/life balance
• Opportunity for growth that is second to none in the industry

Our Team:
Baton Rouge Comprehensive Treatment Center, located in Baton Rouge, LA, is one of over 139 outpatient addiction recovery centers nationwide. Acadia Comprehensive Treatment Centers is the leading provider of medication assisted treatment in the nation. Our team provides compassionate, high quality counseling and therapy to patients that are seeking recovery from Opioid Use Disorder.
Your Job as a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach:
The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach works with the care management team in providing a seamless continuum of care by maintaining regular and constant communication with patients to provide a set of non-clinical activities that engage, educate and offer support to patients. The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach will help patients to remove personal and environmental obstacles to health care access and help them remain in recovery.
Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitate peer lead support groups.
• Serve as a mentor for patients by demonstrating ways to become empowered and self-responsible.
• Providing care management and care coordination services for patients in the clinic. Responsible for coordinating continuum of care activities for assigned patients and ensuring optimum utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external agencies and referral sources requirements;
• Coordinating care and serve as patient advocate;
• May also be responsible for conducting individual, and family educational sessions, various duties related to coordinating treatment and discharge activities, as needed;
• Coordinates in a timely manner, issues or activities relevant to the team, and/or to the team's relationship within the facility or treatment milieu; and,
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications
Your Education & Qualifications:

• High School Diploma preferred, but not required
• 1-2 years of experience working in behavioral health or substance use disorder recovery setting preferred.
• Direct experience in substance abuse field through personal life experiences, instruction/internship or similar practicum through education or certification process

Licenses/Certifications:

• Peer Support Certification required

Your Skills as a Peer Support Specialist:

• Experience as a recipient of substance abuse services and is willing to use and share personal experience, knowledge and first-hand insight to benefit the team and its clients.
• Understands general addiction, other substance-related problems and available treatment options.
• General understanding of community resources and how to promote linkage between the patient and resource.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding to each patient based on where they are in the recovery process and their current psychosocial needs.
• Experience assisting patients in developing skills and enhancing strengths to avoid relapse to successfully navigate the full continuum of care and the road to long-term recovery

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.