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Peer Recovery Specialist
4 months ago
Location: Lynchburg, VA 24502
Peer Recovery Specialist PACT Overview
Assertive Community Treatment peer specialist is a full-time employee who is or has been a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental illness. The peer specialist shall be certified as a peer recovery specialist in accordance with 12VAC35-250, or shall become certified in the first year of employment. The peer specialist is a fully integrated team member who provides peer support directly to individuals and provides leadership to other team members in understanding and supporting each individual's recovery goals. Peer support services include coaching, mentoring, assistance with self-advocacy and self-direction, and modeling recovery practices.
Become a Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) with Horizon Behavioral Health – APPLY TODAY
A Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) is a self-identified person with lived experience with a mental health and/or addiction condition who is in successful and ongoing recovery from mental health and/or addiction challenges. Peer Recovery Specialists use their lived experience to support another person’s recovery journey.
Peer Recovery Specialists (PRS) are individuals who have successfully completed the 72- Hour DBHDS Peer Recovery Specialist Training. They may be in the process of accumulating requirements, such as 500 hours needed to qualify as a CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST (CPRS) with the Virginia Certification Board. They may also be accumulating requirements for certification as a NATIONAL CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST (NCPRSS) with NADAAC. They could also be certified by another qualifying State, National or Veterans Administration process.
Why Become CPRS with Horizon?
- Automatic pay raise after obtaining CPRS certification
- Quality behavior health training with Central Virginia company in operation for 50+ years
- Retirement plan through Virginia State Retirement System (VRS)
- Generous paid vacation time
PRS Required Education and Experience
- High School Diploma / GED.
- At least one year of personal experience living in recovery with mental health/substance use challenges or the family member/supporter of a person who experienced mental health/substance use challenges.
- Must be eligible to register with the Virginia Board of Counseling as a Registered Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS).
- Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPSR) is preferred.
This is an entry-level position and will be required to complete all required training and supervision hours to apply for certification within one year of hire date. Services include one-on-one peer mentoring, peer-led support groups, telephone outreach, assisting clients in accessing community resources, services and affiliation with recovery-supported social activities. Some evening and weekend hours.
**For additional Peer Recovery Specialist openings – please search “peer” in our online career center, and apply for additional positions to be considered for those positions as well.**
Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of the nature of the recovery process including the use of established standardized mental health, substance use, and co-occurring processes;
- Knowledge of basic problem solving strategies to support individuals in self-directed recovery;
- Basic knowledge of multiple pathways to recovery; signs and symptoms of mental health and/or substance use challenges and strategies to address these symptoms;
- Ability to identify an individual’s need for resources, services, and other supports;
- Ability to coordinate services with diverse public and private providers;
- Ability to utilize personal experience to support others in recovery.
About Horizon:
Horizon Behavioral Health is located in the heart of Central Virginia surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Whether your passions be hiking on the vast Appalachian Trials, kayaking through the James River Blueways, or a Sunday drive along the world-famous Blue Ridge Parkway, Lynchburg VA offers small-town southern charm with an active culture of music festivals, outdoor activities, and performing arts that placed it at the top of the list by Reviews.org as the 2019 best place for millennials to move. Horizon is also the proud recipient of Living in Lynchburg’s 2021 Giving Back Award, Best Place to Work in 2018, Best of Lynchburg for Counseling Services for multiple consecutive years, and again most recently in 2022
Employment with a VA Community Services Board (CSB) offers generous benefits that include participation in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS); life, health, dental, and vision insurance; generous annual leave, sick leave and paid holidays. Horizon’s clinical sites are NHSC/HRSA approved for clinical student loan repayment, and qualify for both the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and the Behavioral Health State Loan Repayment (BHLRP) Programs. If you are interested in continuing your education, working at Horizon qualifies you to receive discounts at some local universities.
To Apply – Please visit our online career center at www.HorizonBH.org
Horizon Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
