Peer Recovery Specialist

Job purpose

The Peer Recovery Specialist provides guidance to engage, support, and assist clients in understanding and navigating public support systems.  Responsibilities include conducting outreach, facilitating support groups, acting as liaison with community partners, and representing the ADAPT program in the community. The Peer Recovery Specialist is part of a collaborative team and will serve as a liaison with other service providers on behalf of clients.

What we can offer you:

• Hybrid Remote Model with company laptop
• Realistic caseload 
• 12 Paid Holidays, a Floating Holiday!
• Paid Vacation and Sick time
• Comprehensive benefit plan with four Health Plan Options (we pay 95% of premiums!)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with match
• Additional pay for bilingual staff
• Eligibility for the State Loan Forgiveness Program

Duties and responsibilities

• Facilitate youth support groups for substance use and other mental health challenges.
• Provide consultation and education to parents, teachers, and school administration regarding the client's mental health and treatment.
• Refer and link clients to substance use treatment and crisis support resources.
• Assist clients with the development of social and community support systems.
• Develop effective working relationships with agencies and organizations to advocate for clients.
• Complete all documentation per Medi-Cal, Santa Clara County, and AACI standards within expected deadlines.
• Conduct outreach in a community setting.
• Participate in clinical supervision, consultations, and training.
• Complete other duties and related projects as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• High School equivalent or GED education; or equivalent education, training, and experience.
• Experience with the process of recovery from a mental illness or substance use disorder, either as a consumer of these services or as the parent, caregiver, or family member of a consumer.
• Experience providing services to youth and young adults ages 12-21.
• Medi-Cal Peer support specialist certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Knowledge of community and county resources to facilitate referrals and coordination with appropriate agencies.
• Proficiency in usage of basic technological tools including laptops/computers, email, phones, and internet required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to maintain a valid California driver license, current personal auto insurance, and an MVR sufficient to maintain insurability under agency auto liability.
• Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural, professional, and experiential backgrounds.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to communicate in one of the Santa Clara County threshold languages (Spanish Vietnamese Mandarin Tagalog) a plus.

Working conditions

This job requires you to be in the community, in client’s homes, and other community partner sites. Work is often conducted in an office environment. Basic safety precautions and the use of protective clothing or gear may be required. Driving is essential to the function of this job. The job requires travel up to 25% of the time.

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to regularly sit for extended periods of time; and regularly operate a computer and use manual dexterity for tasks such as keyboarding. The mental demands of the job include regular comprehension, reasoning, decision making, organizing, reading, writing, and resilience.