Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS)
Starting Pay: $19/hour
Benefits: 34 paid days off in your first year, generous benefits package, and mileage reimbursement
A recovery support specialist is defined as an individual who possesses a minimum of a certification as a peer recovery support specialist through the ODMHSAS with a willingness to share about his/her lived experience with the intent to model a recovery lifestyle through a strengths-based framework.
General RSS Professional job duties:
- Facilitate Peer Recovery Support- Health & Wellness Groups (smoking cessation, relaxation, budget)
- Provide one-on-one recovery support services via face-to-face and phone to address the following:
- Teach & Support the acquisition & utilization of skills needed to facilitate recovery
- Refer, link & encourage sustained involvement with community self-help (mutual support) groups,
- Support in developing and using a Wellness Recovery Action Plan/Crisis Plan,
- Assist in developing positive social networks
- Utilize, model & teach problem solving techniques,
- Teach how to identify & combat negative self-talk & fears;
- Assist in building social skills that will enhance quality of life;
- Promote the knowledge of available services, options, choices & supports including natural supports in the community
- Facilitate the development of a sense of wellness and self-worth with a focus on basic needs such as employment, housing, education/employment, and health & wellness
- Transport patients/clients as needed
- Contribute and participate as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team to assist individuals to recover and carry-out the mission of the organization
- Assist other staff in identifying program/service/resources conducive to recovery
- Documented productivity sent to HR weekly & Hourly Timesheet Sent every two weeks to HR
- Completion of all job-related paperwork in a timely fashion, preferred daily but within 48-hours
- Practice safe record keeping and client privacy
- Follow CTI standards of care and meet productivity expectations
- Demonstrate core competency in relation to individuals with co-occurring disorders
- Continual monitoring and updating of CEU’s, field-related trainings and PRSS Certification
**Other Duties as assigned by team members
As an employee of CTI my signature indicates that I have read, understand and am willing to abide by the above stated job duties. It is also my understanding these duties are apt to change at any time without previous notice and are not limited to the scope of the above listed duties.
DRUG FREE WORKPLACE: This job is classified as a “safety-sensitive” position as defined by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Possession of a medical marijuana license will not exclude any applicant; however, all employees are subject to the Family & Children’s Services Drug Free Workplace Policy.
