SUPR Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Through hope & healing, Sinnissippi Centers strives to empower all to live their best lives.

Sinnissippi is looking for a SUPR Peer Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) who shall provide recovery-oriented, person-centered, and trauma-informed services, advocate; and provide information and support for individuals seeking treatment. The RSS shall perform a wide range of tasks to assist clients (receiving services) in recovery and reclaiming their lives. The RSS will possess the skills to maintain high professionalism, ethics, and positive interactions.

In addition, the RSS will help increase wellness and recovery education and reduce stigma throughout Illinois, in targeted communities, and  RSS will, when applicable, promote or educate on the components of Wellness and Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and help to increase Online Recovery Academy and CRSS Library (ORACL) activity. The RSS will complete other duties related to recovery support services and other state and federal grant deliverables.

• Self-disclose personal experience as a consumer of substance use and/or dual diagnosis with mental health services.
• Participate in statewide events/summits/training/activities that support the education/development/ promotion of WRAP, MHFA, and Recovery Support and Consumer Provider Services.
• Communicate with members of the outpatient team when appropriate and needed for proper consumer care.
• Educate individuals on wellness and recovery support.
• Educate individuals on how to make the treatment work for them and their choices in the recovery process.
• Advocate for individuals using professionalism and non-adversarial approaches.
• Willingness, ability, and commitment to serving as a role model for Recovery.
• Facilitate group and individual sessions.
• Awareness of Recovery planning needs and development.

• Lived experience as a consumer of substance use/mental health services.
• GED or higher education.
• Public speaking and communication skills.
• Experience either as a consumer of or facilitator of groups.
• Ability to utilize computers for service documentation.
• Teaching skills, non-judgmental personality, and empathic listening skills.
• Valid driver's license / current automobile liability insurance, including uninsured motorist coverage
• Current CRSS or desire to pursue CRSS state certification; willingness to acquire CRSS state certification while on the job.
• Ability to pass pre-employment background checks.

Sinnissippi Centers offers a competitive benefits package and healthcare plan.

• Employee assistance program
• Agency-provided Life insurance
• Supplemental Life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) Retirement plan with 50% - employer match

Pay: $18.97 - $19.91 per hour

YOU are welcome here. At Sinnissippi Centers, we understand that each person is unique and rooted in their individual culture. Using evidence-based practices, our approach of trauma-informed care creates a safe place where people are seen, heard, valued, empowered to succeed, and can proudly see themselves-as consumers, as staff, and as community members.