TJJD - Certified Peer Support Specialist -II - Recovery Coach EVN

Benefits

The State of Texas Benefits and Retirement Information can be found at the State Employees Retirement System website. Benefits include:

• Retirement plan
• Paid group health and life insurance for employee
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation leave
• Paid sick leave
• Longevity pay
• Educational assistance program
• Employee assistance program

Optional add‑on benefits include:

• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Optional life insurance
• Voluntary accidental death & dismemberment (ADD) insurance
• Dependent health life insurance
• Dependent care flexible spending accounts

Additionally, certain designated positions are eligible for hazardous duty pay, career ladder advancements, and free meals while on duty.

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) provides a trauma‑informed, holistic Substance Use Services (SUS) Specialized Treatment Program to youth who have been assessed as needing SUS treatment in addition to participating in the agency’s Texas Model core treatment programming.

The Certified Peer Support Specialist I‑II – Recovery Coach serves as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to individuals engaged in the SUS Specialized Treatment Program. This position serves youth who have been adjudicated of felony offenses, committed to the agency by a juvenile court, and placed in a high‑security correctional facility.

Its primary duties involve providing non‑clinical services aimed at aiding youth in establishing and maintaining individual recovery from addiction. The recovery coach promotes a recovery‑based approach to youth care with an emphasis on respect, self‑direction, and empowerment by providing recovery support, personal assistance, education on community resources, and other supportive services for individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD).

Recovery coaches may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per workweek, across different shift patterns, and travel occasionally.

This position is in the approved TJJD career ladder for Recovery Coaches. Placement on the career ladder depends on experience, education, and certification. Recovery Coaches may be promoted based on meeting the established eligibility criteria per agency policy until they reach the top level of the ladder. Progression to the highest pay level on the career ladder is dependent upon experience and performance.

Newly hired recovery coaches or rehired recovery coaches who separated for more than 18 months will be required to attend the pre‑service training academy. Recovery coaches who have worked for TJJD and return to employment within 18 months of their separation date are not required to attend the pre‑service academy and will be placed in full‑time status on their date of employment.

Certified Peer Support Specialist I – Recovery Coach:
Performs complex (journey‑level) peer support work under moderate supervision with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Does not have certification at this level, but may be working toward certification.

Certified Peer Support Specialist II – Recovery Coach:
Performs advanced (senior‑level) peer support work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Has certification as a peer coach.

• Provide peer support in a positive and supportive manner through coaching, role‑modeling, and mentoring to assist members in developing skills to achieve their goals.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to standards of ethical practice.
• Attend all meetings and trainings held in the SUS department.
• Collaborate with transitional placement staff (Halfway House PSW, Parole, SUS Specialized Treatment Program Specialist) to identify appropriate services such as SUS aftercare.
• Conduct and facilitate required groups permitted by recovery coaches, SUS psycho‑educational groups, and participation in some family contact; retrieve youth for group and return them in accordance with CMS.
• Participate in staff development related to the agency’s approved treatment program, group facilitation, CMS,…