Title: Adult Peer Support Specialist

Company/Location: Kentucky River Community Care/ Knott County Outpatient (Emmalena, KY)

Employment type: Regular Full-Time

Credentials: High School Diploma/GED; must be willing to attend thirty (30) hours of peer support training.

Special Skills/Knowledge: Ability to maintain effective, professional, and positive relationships with staff, volunteers and program participants is required. Must have a valid driver’s license and vehicle. Experience of living with substance use disorder and have at least two (2) years inactive recovery.

Primary Functions:

• Provide supportive services to individuals, including mentoring, coaching, advocacy, and arranging and/or chairing self-help meetings.
• Facilitate short-term educational groups (i.e. relapse prevention, life skills) and provide linkage to referral and community resources.
• Assist implementing participant’s treatment/recovery plans. Transporting program participants in personal vehicle may be require. Attend and participate in training activities and meetings is required.
• Assist with identifying barriers each participant faces and in developing a solution for them.  Perform any other duties as assigned.

Shifts/Days: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm; must be willing and able to work some evenings and weekends.

“This position is funded in part or whole through federal and state funds”

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