Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS)
Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS)
WellStone
Hazel Green, AL
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WellStone is North Alabama's most comprehensive behavioral healthcare provider serving over 13,000 persons annually throughout Northern Alabama, with offices in Huntsville and Cullman. We are a non-profit community organization that offers a wide range of services for every phase of life, from children to older adults.
At River Valley Recovery Center we care for clients struggling with substance use disorder (SUD). The Certified Peer Support Specialist (CRSS) will work closely with staff in developing and administering the proper treatment for our clients. This may include helping clients in learning, living, belonging and healing through a strengths-based individualized team process that facilitates progress and strengthens resiliency.
What We're Looking For
Description
WellStone is North Alabama's most comprehensive behavioral healthcare provider serving over 13,000 persons annually throughout Northern Alabama, with offices in Huntsville and Cullman. We are a non-profit community organization that offers a wide range of services for every phase of life, from children to older adults.
At River Valley Recovery Center we care for clients struggling with substance use disorder (SUD). The Certified Peer Support Specialist (CRSS) will work closely with staff in developing and administering the proper treatment for our clients. This may include helping clients in learning, living, belonging and healing through a strengths-based individualized team process that facilitates progress and strengthens resiliency.
What We're Looking For
- Certification by DMH as a Peer Specialist
- Minimum two years of recovery
- Ability to follow established protocol & work well with others
- Ability to follow ongoing training & supervision requirements
- Good oral, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Knowledge of community resources & recovery concept
- Demonstrates HEART while working with clients & co-workers (Helpfulness, Encouragement, Acceptance, Respect & Timeliness)
- Reliable transportation with good five year motor vehicle record
- Provide assistance to Client Registration / Crisis Department
- For clients that may need the Crisis Respite Center (CRC), Peer Specialist would coordinate resources. These would include explaining the benefits of the CRC, assist in identifying items to take to the CRC, and coordination of transportation with an available case manager.
- Provide peer services in an individual and/or group setting as needed.
- Assist consumers in identifying barriers to their recovery, relapse and warning signs and problem solving / coping skills.
- Assist consumers in understanding their mental illness & developing support systems that will aid in the recovery process.
- Share personal experience with mental illness as appropriate and serve as a role model in promoting recovery.
- Provide and bill for peer services as medically necessary & according to established individual treatment plan.
- Maintain necessary administrative & clinical documentation of service activities.
- Competitive Medical, dental, and vision prices
- State Retirement through RSA plus an optional 457b/401a with a company match
- 9 paid holidays throughout the year
- Ability to continually accrue up to 15 days of PTO a year (unused rolls over)
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