PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST (PRSS)

Peer Recovery Support Specialist – Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Full-Time | Make Recovery Possible

Are you passionate about helping others reclaim their lives from substance use? If your own recovery journey has inspired you to help others find hope, healing, and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Peer Recovery Support Specialist, you'll use your lived experience to encourage, mentor, and empower individuals working toward recovery. You'll serve as a trusted advocate, helping people navigate challenges, build confidence, and connect with the resources they need to achieve lasting wellness.

What You'll Do

• Build supportive, recovery-focused relationships with individuals receiving services.
• Encourage hope by sharing your lived recovery experience in a professional and meaningful way.
• Facilitate peer support and recovery groups.
• Assist individuals in identifying personal goals and developing strategies to achieve them.
• Connect individuals with community resources, treatment services, housing, employment, education, and other supports.
• Provide advocacy, encouragement, and crisis support as appropriate.
• Support individuals in developing healthy coping skills and daily living skills.
• Offer guidance in balancing important life roles such as employee, parent, student, or caregiver.
• Provide supportive services including transportation, medication reminders, and assistance with daily living activities as appropriate.
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Lived experience in recovery from a substance use disorder.
• Minimum of two (2) years of continuous sobriety required.
• State or nationally recognized Peer Recovery Support Specialist certification or training as required by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DoHS).
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries while using lived experience to support others.

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year of experience working with individuals affected by substance use disorders.
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented systems of care and community resources.
• Experience facilitating peer support groups or recovery programming.

Why Join Our Team?

At Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center, you'll be part of a compassionate team committed to changing lives every day. We believe recovery is possible, and our Peer Recovery Support Specialists play an essential role in helping individuals build hope, resilience, and a brighter future.

If you're ready to use your recovery journey to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others, we encourage you to apply today.