DTE Peer Recovery Support Specialist Job Stevens Hill Wisconsin USA,Social Work

Job Summary

The Defined Term Employee (DTE) Peer Recovery Support Specialist provides peer-based support to individuals experiencing substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges. Drawing appropriately upon lived experience, the position mentors, coaches, and assists participants in identifying recovery goals, building skills, accessing resources, and addressing barriers to services. The position supports continuity of care by connecting participants with treatment providers, recovery services, community resources, and natural supports while promoting self-determination, individual choice, and multiple pathways to recovery.

Services are provided across community-based settings, including recovery homes and Treatment Court, in collaboration with behavioral health staff and community partners.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Provides individualized peer support to assist participants in identifying and working toward personal recovery, wellness, and life goals.

Uses lived experience appropriately to mentor, coach, encourage, and support participants in developing skills, recognizing strengths, and progressing toward established goals.

Promotes continuity of care by supporting participants throughout the continuum of behavioral health and recovery services, including recovery homes and Treatment Court.

Establishes supportive peer relationships while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and adhering to Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS) ethical guidelines.

Connects participants with behavioral health, recovery, social service, and community resources and supports based on identified needs and goals.

Plans and facilitates peer-based groups and activities designed to promote recovery, wellness, skill development, and social connection.

Serves as a liaison to the local recovery community and helps participants develop connections with natural, peer, and community-based supports.

Assists participants in identifying and addressing barriers to behavioral health, recovery, and other supportive services while promoting self-determination, voice, and choice.

Provides services in community-based settings and maintains flexibility in scheduling to support participant recovery goals and program needs.

Collaborates with behavioral health staff and other service providers through regular team meetings, care coordination, and ongoing supervision while maintaining the distinct role of peer support.

Completes accurate and timely documentation of peer support services in accordance with program, funding, confidentiality, and documentation requirements.

Maintains strict confidentiality and adheres to all relevant laws, policies, and procedures regarding personal and medical information.

Key Competencies & Skills

Peer Support & Recovery Orientation: Uses lived experience appropriately to build hope, model recovery, and support individuals in identifying and pursuing their own recovery and life goals.
Engagement & Rapport: Builds trusting, respectful relationships with individuals through empathy, active listening, authenticity, and a nonjudgmental approach.
Self-Determination & Advocacy: Promotes individual voice, choice, informed decision-making, and self-advocacy while supporting multiple pathways to recovery.
Recovery Coaching & Mentoring: Uses peer support strategies to help individuals build skills, identify strengths, overcome barriers, and make progress toward established goals.
Resource Navigation & Community Connection: Connects individuals with behavioral health, recovery, social service, and community resources and helps address barriers to accessing services and supports.
Communication &

Collaboration:

Communicates effectively with individuals, families, treatment providers, community partners, and interdisciplinary teams while maintaining the distinct role of peer support.
Professional Boundaries & Ethics: Maintains appropriate peer relationships and adheres to PRSS ethical standards, confidentiality requirements, and professional boundaries.
Cultural Humility & Trauma-Informed Support: Provides respectful, person-centered support that recognizes individual experiences, culture, strengths, trauma history, and recovery preferences.
Group Facilitation: Plans and facilitates peer-based groups and activities that promote recovery, wellness, connection, and skill development.
Documentation: Maintains accurate, timely, and appropriate documentation of peer support services in accordance with program…