ICOD Peer Support Specialist/Recovery CCBHC
Listed on 2026-10-09
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Counselor, Community Health, Patient/Health Advocate -
Social Work
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Counselor, Community Health, Patient/Health Advocate
Location: Madras
Description ICOD-Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Peer Support Specialist/Certified Recovery Mentor for CCBHC
Peer Support Specialists/Recovery Mentors are a critical part of behavioral health treatment teams. Supporting and assisting clients with co-occurring disorders (mental health and substance use disorders) who are attempting to engage in recovery or in early stages of recovery is a critical role. Peer Support Specialists/Recovery Mentors are not counselors or clinicians but provide support to clients that counselors are not able to offer.
The ICOD Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor works with their supervisor to design and implement recovery support for the ICOD client, ranging from providing on-going support to the client, assisting them with education pursuits, connecting with community support, transportation, and in other ways that as assistive to the client in services. The ICOD Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor is responsible for helping to facilitate classes and support groups along with group activities.
They will maintain a personal recovery program, if applicable, as well as model recovery-appropriate behavior.
Peer Support Specialists/Recovery Mentors are a critical part of behavioral health treatment teams. Supporting and assisting clients with co-occurring disorders (mental health and substance use disorders) who are attempting to engage in recovery or in early stages of recovery is a critical role. Peer Support Specialists/Recovery Mentors are not counselors or clinicians but provide support to clients that counselors are not able to offer.
The ICOD Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor works with their supervisor to design and implement recovery support for the ICOD client, ranging from providing on-going support to the client, assisting them with education pursuits, connecting with community support, transportation, and in other ways that as assistive to the client in services. The ICOD Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor is responsible for helping to facilitate classes and support groups along with group activities.
They will maintain a personal recovery program, if applicable, as well as model recovery-appropriate behavior.
- Participates and provides peer support and recovery coaching to co-occurring disorders clients involved with Best Care Treatment Services using the following methods for engagement with clients:
- Makes regular telephone contact which may include talking with clients who need support and are feeling prone to relapse; reminder calls to clients who are scheduled for assessments, groups, individual sessions; doing outreach to client who miss group or individual services to attempt to reengage them in treatment services, including SUD outpatient services and mental health services and/or psychiatry, if applicable;
- Provides client transportation (when approved by supervisor): taking clients to/from behavioral health treatment services/appointments, transport to detox or residential treatment, and other appointments when it is determined to be helpful by the primary clinician or treatment team;
- Provides peer support and recovery coaching for clients during activities;
- Makes home visits on a limited basis, with supervisor approval;
- Attend sober support meetings, wellness or other sober activities, in the community with clients.
- Helps monitor and stay connected to clients who are in higher levels of care, including SUD residential (and detox) or psychiatric hospitalizations, to help with reengagement upon discharge;
- Takes individuals or groups of clients to wellness activities in the community, NAMI, 12-Step meetings and/or clean and sober activities, including Wellbriety/White Bison, as appropriate;
- Provides case management services including referrals to various resources (i.e. Food Bank, primary care/medical services, education entities, housing resources, etc.);
- Assists prep and clean-up for evening groups as needed;
- Provides individual, couples, and family support;
- Helping clinicians in groups at the office, jail, etc. Providing back-up in groups and other treatment activities;
- Helping clients develop and connect to non-using recovery activities (how to have fun clean and sober) as well as wellness activities that promote mental health.
- Maintains case notes of client contact within agency documentation timelines in the electronic health record system…
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