Jefferson
Certified Recovery Specialist
The Certified Recovery Specialist will provide support and assistance to program clients with the ultimate goal of successful community-integration. Through formal and informal interactions, the Peer Recovery Specialist should inspire hope of recovery by promoting empowerment, self-determination, understanding, coping skills, and resiliency through mentoring as well as service coordination. Peer recovery support responsibilities are designed around the principles of consumer choice and the active involvement of persons in their own recovery process. Essential Functions: Meets with treatment applicants for the purpose of orienting them to the recovery model of care with the goal of facilitating engagement. Conducts individual and group sessions focusing on principles of recovery. Advises clients of available service options and choices. Promotes the utilization of natural resources within the community; Contacts patients whose engagement appears to waver. Maintains intensive recovery contact with patients completing a course of care and ensuring the ongoing availability of support as needed. Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson. Education Requirements: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED. SOME COLLEGE COURSES AND OR associate or bachelor's DEGREE PREFERRED Certificates, Licenses and Registration: RECOVERY OR PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION Experience Requirements: RELATED BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN CASE MANAGEMENT, AND/OR COUNSELING PREFERRED. TWO-YEAR HISTORY OF SUSTAINED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RECOVERY Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America) Worker Sub Type: Temporary Primary Location Address: 1233 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
The Certified Recovery Specialist will provide support and assistance to program clients with the ultimate goal of successful community-integration. Through formal and informal interactions, the Peer Recovery Specialist should inspire hope of recovery by promoting empowerment, self-determination, understanding, coping skills, and resiliency through mentoring as well as service coordination. Peer recovery support responsibilities are designed around the principles of consumer choice and the active involvement of persons in their own recovery process. Essential Functions: Meets with treatment applicants for the purpose of orienting them to the recovery model of care with the goal of facilitating engagement. Conducts individual and group sessions focusing on principles of recovery. Advises clients of available service options and choices. Promotes the utilization of natural resources within the community; Contacts patients whose engagement appears to waver. Maintains intensive recovery contact with patients completing a course of care and ensuring the ongoing availability of support as needed. Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson. Education Requirements: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED. SOME COLLEGE COURSES AND OR associate or bachelor's DEGREE PREFERRED Certificates, Licenses and Registration: RECOVERY OR PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION Experience Requirements: RELATED BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN CASE MANAGEMENT, AND/OR COUNSELING PREFERRED. TWO-YEAR HISTORY OF SUSTAINED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RECOVERY Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America) Worker Sub Type: Temporary Primary Location Address: 1233 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.