Peer Recovery Support Specialist - Lawrenceville Area

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Job Title:

Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Program: CPSAI

Location:

Lawrenceville Area - Main Office 3131 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville New Jersey Building 6

Position Type:
Full Time

Starting Salary $37,450.00

The Peer Recovery Support Specialist draws upon their lived experience to carry a message of hope and recovery to individuals who are experiencing a substance use disorder. By offering encouragement, support, outreach, service linkages and advocacy, the PRSS cultivates and secures a connection with the parent or caregiver while coaching them to achieve recovery goals and modeling personal responsibility. The PRSS may also provide direct services such as outreach and engagement, personal assistance in completing daily living skills, linking to community supports, transportation, in‑home services and advocacy.

• Reinforces, guides and ensures parents/caregivers and their families that recovery is possible, and is built on multiple strengths, coping abilities and resources of each individual
• Assists parents/caregivers with gaining skills and resources needed to initiate and maintain recovery
• Assists in establishing and sustaining a social and physical environment supportive of recovery
• Enhances identification and participation in the recovery community
• Empowers parents/caregivers to make self‑determined and self‑directed choices about their recovery pathway
• In collaboration with the parent/caregiver, develops a Recovery Plan which should include culturally competent and relevant services that identify goals with measurable objectives, assess strengths, can be used to work toward those goals, identify barriers that can inhibit goal attainment and monitor the progress made toward those goals
• Attend all Family Team Meetings and focus on supervision, as requested; participate in case consultation with parent/caregiver and DCP&P case worker; attend consortia (if parent/caregiver is presented); attend agency staff meetings

• Educates parent/caregiver on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service and recovery support systems
• Is a positive role model to parent/caregiver and their families by sharing knowledge, hope and skills

Proficiently communicates – written and verbal, Exhibits critical thinking.

• High school diploma or equivalency, Bachelor’s Degree is preferred
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  written and verbal
• Basic Computer skills
• Valid Driver’s License
• Must be 21 years of age
• Knowledge of addictions preferred
• At least 2 continuous years of sustained recovery
• Must pass a pre‑employment drug test and background check

The Department of Children and Families approved Peer Recovery Support Service training including Ethics and Division of Child Protection and Permanency.

Additional trainings may include:
Domestic Violence (DV), Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Psychological First Aid and all agency specific trainings.

• Medical, Dental and Prescription Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Benefits such as Vision Insurance, Aflac, Pet Insurance
• Staff Training and Development Opportunities
• Employee Referral Bonus program

Equal opportunity employer. EOE.