PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST

AUG1000AUG/02a29cd6-e7aa-4501-96be-6336647e3184

Location
Fishersville, VA, US (Jobs in Virginia)
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Full time
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The Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) is responsible for providing peer-to-peer support services to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The PRS performs a variety of paraprofessional duties in support of wellness and recovery by utilizing their lived experiences of recovery and mental health disorders. The PRS offers emotional support, shares knowledge, teaches skills, provides practical assistance, and connects individuals with resources, opportunities, communities of support and other people. Services are non-clinical, person-centered, strengths-based, wellness focused, and trauma-informed. Peer support services help to ensure the individual’s wellness-recovery plan reveals the needs and preferences of the individuals being served.

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