Recovery Support Peer Specialist Heights

3 weeks ago


Houston, United States Avenue 360 Health and Wellness Full time

Our Compensation Package Includes :

  • Generous Paid Time Off- (11 paid holidays per year, 2 Floating Holidays per year, 14 paid Vacation days per year, 4 hours per month of accrued Sick days)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • 401K match up to 4>#/li###
  • Company paid Life Insurance
  • Company paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program

Overview: Recovery Support Peer Specialist will provide peer support services as part of a multi-disciplinary team to patients with harmful substance use and/or substance use disorder who have been identified through the SBIRT screening process. Service provision will focus on role modeling recovery while advocating for and motivating peers to help prevent recurrences of substance use and maintain long term recovery.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide direct peer support to Avenue 360 peer including but not limited to improving recovery capital, connection with community resources, development of recovery wellness plans, and facilitation of peer support groups

  • Provide recovery education to the peer for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance

  • Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and collaboratively develop strategies to overcome those barriers

  • Actively identify and support linkage to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the peer’s goals and interests. This will involve a collaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff and other relevant stakeholders

  • Promote self-advocacy by assisting peers to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals, and objectives established as the focal point of >span class="EOP SCXW94962973 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}">

  • Utilize motivational interviewing to illicit change talk from peers and assist in developing person-centered substance use goals that promote health and wellness

  • Maintain accurate and timely documentation of services in peer’s electronic health record

  • Implements a strengths-based assessment process using the recovery capital scale to identify resources and goals across multiple life domains that are best suited for the peer

  • Ensures peers have access to a diverse menu of recovery supports and services within the clinic environment from which to select based on their identified needs, goals, and preferences

  • Complete follow-up outreach calls with peers to collect data and assess ongoing needs

  • Other duties as assigned

Education, Experience, Certification and Skills/Abilities Related Requirements:

  • High school diploma or GED

  • Lived experience with substance use disorder.

  • TCBAP Recovery Support Peer Specialist Certification.

  • At least one year of recovery coaching experience and/or 250 hours internship requirement

  • Bilingual in English and Spanish is highly preferred.

  • Excellent verbal, and written communication skills.

  • Time management and organizational skills.

  • Maintain high ethical standards while working with peers.

Continuing Education and Training Requirements:

  • Participates in trainings required by the agency, funding source(s), and/or as required by licensure if applicable.


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