Title: Peer Support Specialist

Location: KRCC/ Lee County; Substance Abuse Program

Employment type: Full Time

Education: High School and/or GED

Special Skills: Must have at least 1 (one) year of active recovery; one-year post-recovery/treatment program completion.

Primary Duties:

• Serve as an active member of the client’s treatment team, including participation in team meetings and treatment planning meetings.
• Assist clients in development of recovery plan including psychiatric advance directives and crisis plan.
• Implement and coordinate recovery plans for individual clients in assigned population group, including evaluation, consultation, education and follow-up services.
•  Serve as role model for clients by sharing own recovery process and teaching effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Inform supervisor and other members of treatment team, as indicated, of issues/concerns related to individual clients.

“This position is supported by the Health Resouces and Services administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a part of an award totaling $500,000 with zero percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, not an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, of the U.S. Government. For more information, please go to HRSA.gov.”

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