Peer Recovery Support Coach - Quick Response

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Full-Time NU Direct Care Maxwelton, WV, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary: $41,400.00 Annually

Job Posting Title Peer Recovery Support Coach
- Quick Response Team (QRT)

Seneca Health Services is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center in wild, wonderful West Virginia. We provide responsible, accessible, and progressive behavioral health services. We have a wide range of professionals who are passionate about helping our clients through substance use or mental health treatment. With four outpatient clinics and an intensive treatment location in Greenbrier, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Webster Counties, we serve a wide population.

Our services include Crisis Services, Substance Use Disorder Assistance, Mental Health Services, and Intellectual Disabilities Support.

We are committed to supporting the well-being of our team members by offering comprehensive and innovative compensation and benefits package that prioritizes work-life balance. Some of our offerings include flexible schedules, remote work options (when possible), retirement, generous paid time off, lifestyle spending account, professional development, tuition assistance and loan repayment – all designed to promote both physical and mental health.

We believe that a healthy, happy workforce is key to success, and we strive to create a supportive environment that allows our staff to thrive both professionally and personally.

Peer Recovery Support Coach- QRT are responsible for providing consistent support and coordination of care to behavioral health clients. Transport clients to appointments or visits, as needed.

High School Diploma or GED required.

Direct, lived, personal experience with addiction and recovery. Certified or eligible for Peer Recovery Support Specialist by the WV Board for Addiction and Prevention Professionals. Two years’ experience in behavioral health and substance use disorders preferred.

Valid driver’s license and vehicle required.

Must pass a Criminal Background Check and Employment Fitness Determination through WVCARES and a drug screen.

Knowledge of recovery principles, relapse prevention, and peer support practices.

Knowledge of community resources and behavioral health systems.

Ability to establish supportive and recovery-oriented relationships.

Strong interpersonal, communication, and advocacy skills.

Ability to maintain professional boundaries and ethical standards.

Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrated knowledge of basic computer and documentation skills.

Serves as a member of a treatment team and is responsible for coordination of care with community partners, providing a wide array of services for clients. Responds to community settings to offer treatment, support, and harm reduction strategies to individuals who have recently had an overdose event. Services are community-based, person-centered, and recovery-oriented.

• Implement face-to-face contact with individuals who have overdosed to establish positive rapport with the QRT and to better provide information concerning treatment and recovery options.
• Facilitate admissions into the program by taking referrals, completing initial assessments (as necessary), and maintaining a waiting list that ensures priority is given to injecting pregnant and injecting substance users (as applicable).
• Initiate interim services for individuals who must be placed on a waiting list.
• Help identify and resolve situational problems, changes in symptom acuity, and/or function.
• Engage the family of opioid overdoes survivors to increase the likelihood that they will establish and maintain long-term recovery.
• Provide supportive counseling, educational, and skill development services to clients.
• Develop and/or monitor the implementation of day and evening recovery-based activities, which appropriately address the clients’ identified life-skills-related treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Create and monitor individualized change/recovery plans for each person served.
• Maintain positive working relationships with the community and its resources.
• Maintain list of individuals currently participating in the program and track their movement throughout the levels of care.
• Provide after-hours and…