PEER SUPPORT III
Company: Recovery Resources
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Job DetailsJob Location Pearl Road - Cleveland, OHPosition Type
Full TimeEducation Level High School -Salary Range $14.00 - $16.00
Job Category Nonprofit - Social Services Description Job Summary:
Having successfully managed their personal addiction, the Peer
Support is a highly specialized and intensive member of the
treatment team. The Peer Support will assist in implementing
intervention projects, developing individual plans for recovery,
and creating/increasing buy-in and engagement.
Essential Functions:
- Help clients maintain sobriety through example, outreach,
suggestions, network of resources, etc.
- Maintain own personal recovery success and role model practical
coping skills and ways to overcome barriers
- Provide a bridge between service providers and clients that
facilitates the medical and psychosocial care of the client by
serving as an advocate and maintaining client relationships that
fosters trust and understanding distinct from a provider
role
- Encourage, model, inspire and empower clients to set recovery
goals and achieve them
- Collaborate with Agency staff as a component of coordinated
care for clients to create a warm and welcoming experience to
Agency services
- Educate and orient clients to the rules, policies, procedures
and practices they need to follow to increase the chances of
successful recovery
- Link clients to community system of care that will advance
progress in recovery goals such as: prevention services, family
supports, primary care, recovery support, treatment, Medication
Assisted Treatment (MAT), and faith-based as well as
community-based interventions
- Help clients access services for physical health, emergency
health care, behavioral health care, criminal justice and child
welfare by accompanying them to appointments and/or arranging for
transportation as needed
- Protect clients' right to privacy and confidentiality in the
handling of records and communication of client
information
- Uphold the Recovery Code of Ethics and the Organizational
Ethics Code of the Agency with special emphasis on maintaining
confidentiality and boundaries within dual relationships
- Document each client interaction in the agencies Electronic
Health Record (EHR) as required
- Have frequent and regular (scheduled and un-scheduled) meetings
with each client to review progress toward recovery goals,
including making modifications to goals whenever
appropriate
- Teach and assist clients in skills of daily living, in both
group and individual settings with topics such as: personal hygiene
and dressing for success, transportation resources, navigating
health insurance, getting along with others, finding needed
services (housing, employment, education, treatment, worship,
etc.).
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Physical, sensory, and cognitive abilities sufficient to
perform essential functions
- Good interpersonal and written and verbal communication
skills
Minimum Qualifications:
- Personal success of at least one year in recovery
- First hand understanding of specific issues and available
resources related to sober living
- Valid Ohio driver's license, acceptable driving record and
reliable transportation
- High school diploma or GED
- Computer proficiency
Preferred Qualifications:
- Peer Recovery Support experience and Certification
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a
computer and standing, bending and moving.
- Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or body
fluids.
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
Work Environment:
Business hours generally Monday through Friday, however some
evening & weekend hours may be necessary to meet all client
services / programs. Position may also be required to respond to
emergencies (on-call) depending on program / level of care.
***Covid-19 and flu vaccination are required***
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Travel: Transportation of clients and travel in personal vehicle
within the community may be required
Note: While this position description reflects management's
assignment of essential functions, it does not prescribe or
restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
DEI Mission Statement: Establishing a culture that values and
embeds diversity, equity, and inclusion into the organization to
advocate for the needs and concerns of staff and those we
serve.
Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits, in accordance with the
law, discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, military
status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual
orientation, and gender identity or expression.
Keywords: Recovery Resources, Elyria , PEER SUPPORT III, Other , Cleveland, Ohio
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