Job Title: Peer Recovery Supporter

Immediate Supervisor:  Lead Peer Recovery Supporter

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Basic Function: The Peer Recovery Supporter is engaged in the business of aiding client with their recovery process during the course of treatment with Hope Valley Recovery.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Core duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned, as necessary.

• Maintain project logs, reports, and records in appropriate files and database(s)
• Required office hours to document
• Minimum 70% productivity for job compliance, with a goal of 75% productivity based on an 80/hr. pay period (60 billable hours). No non-billable time will be used to meet productivity including transportation, nor will productivity hours be amended to accommodate transportation.                    
• Provide recovery education to individuals for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance
• Provide a model for both people in recovery and staff by demonstrating that recovery is possible
• Assist individuals in developing their own plan for advancing their recovery
• Promote self-advocacy by assisting individuals in expressing their voice, needs, goals and objectives
• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the individual’s goals and interests
• Support connections to community based, mutual self-help groups
• Link individuals to appropriate professional resources
• Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.)
• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and developing strategies to overcome those barriers
• Maintain contact by phone and/or email with recovering person after they leave the program to ensure their ongoing success and provide re-engagement support in partnership with others in the agency if needed. Long-term engagement, support, and encouragement.

Required Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Interpersonal competences and professional behavior
• Very good organizational competencies
• Excellent strategic planning
• Ability to prioritize
• Efficient in time management
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to details
• Patient oriented
• Compassion and ability to empathize
• Patience
• Able to work under pressure
• Ethical and responsible
• Able to perform well without close supervision
• Self motivated and dynamic
• Competent and flexible
• Positive attitude
• Very careful
• Clinical experience

Education and Training

• Certified Peer Recovery Supporter (validated through OMHAS database)
• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Clean time requirement (1 year)
• Driver’s license

Physical Demands:

Physical demands described are representative of those that must be routinely met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Lift up to 15 pounds
• Operates a computer and keyboard
• Walking and standing for more than 15 minutes at a time

Working Conditions:

Working conditions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.