Certified Recovery Specialist - certification required

Certified Recovery Specialist - certification required

Requisition # : req15382

Location : Meadville, PA

Hours : Full-time (40-hours / week)

Travel required throughout Crawford, Erie, Venango, and Mercer counties 3-5 days / week based on client service needs.

At Bethany Christian Services, we believe families provide the strongest foundation for care and connection. That's why we focus on strengthening and empowering families, always advocating for family-centered solutions to keep children safe. Our work began in 1944 with the care of a single child. Today, inspired by our faith, our aim is to demonstrate the love and compassion of Jesus in our services for children, youth, and families. Working at Bethany means joining a team of nearly 2,000 dedicated professionals with diverse skills, serving communities across the country. Together, we're united in our mission and these shared values : we're motivated by our faith, we support one another, we champion justice, we pursue excellence, and we're in it for the long haul.

The ReNew Peer Support Specialist is primarily responsible for providing support to women in recovery from a substance use disorder who are also parenting. This individual will also be responsible for serving as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to recovering clients, while assisting with the prevention of relapse and promote long-term recovery. This individual must demonstrate an ability to share personal recovery experiences and to develop authentic peer-to-peer relationships.

This position is expected to function effectively with moderate supervision while following the guidelines given on procedures, along with agency, federal, and state regulatory requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain accurate project logs, reports, and records in the appropriate files and databases, while seamlessly collaborating with the Woman's Advocacy Case Manager;
• Provide recovery education to service recipients through the full cycle of recovery from pre- recovery engagement to sustained recovery maintenance;
• Serve as a role model who illustrates the possibility of recovery to staff and clients;
• Assist clients with identifying their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses with a focus on recovery in four major dimensions to include health, home, purpose, and community;
• Assist and coach clients with developing a recovery advancement plan with the goal of reaching "the life they want";
• Effectively facilitate the transition between a professionally assisted recovery initiation to personally directed, community supported recovery maintenance;
• Promote self-advocacy for clients to include the client's needs, goals, and objectives are focused on during rehabilitation and clinical services;
• Identify and provide the appropriate professional and community referrals that support the client's goals and interest, as needed;
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with community groups and agencies;
• Identify internal and external barriers to full participation in community resources and develop a plan to overcome those barriers;
• Effectively maintain contact by phone and / or email to recovering clients after program completion, as needed to support long-term engagement, support, and encouragement;
• Develop, implement, and promote on-going community training opportunities;
• Promote the ReNew program and opportunities in collaboration with staff and other community professionals;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

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