Community Care Network is looking for a Part Time Peer Recovery Support Specialist to join our team!

Community Care Network is comprised of Rutland Mental Health Services and Rutland Community Programs. Our mission is to enhance the well-being of our communities, individuals and families through responsive, innovative and collaborative human service

About the Role:

The Part Time Peer Recovery Support Specialist is an active member of the Residential Team and provides peer support services to clients experiencing a mental health crisis or living and coping with a serious mental illness. The Part Time Peer Recovery Support Specialist is a role model, advocate, and support to individuals enrolled in services at Maplewood/CSID. While utilizing their own life experiences, the Part Time Peer Recovery Support Specialist will provide intensive services including peer support, group facilitation, coping skills, coaching and emotional regulation skills. When appropriate and helpful to the client, the Part Time Peer Recovery Support Specialist will share relevant personal experiences that foster hope, resiliency, and decrease stigmatization of mental illness.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a role model for individuals seeking to achieve or maintain long term stability.
• Assist individuals in articulating personal goals for recovery through the use of one-to-one and group sessions.
• Guide individuals to identify, create and develop a Wellness Support plan using skill, strength, support, and resources to meet goals.
• Help individuals who have long or recurrent involvement with psychiatric, forensic, or substance use facilities to identify precipitating events, coping skills and strategies to change these patterns.
• Work with individuals to examine their experience with mental health or substance use challenges and help them to determine what is helpful and what supports they need to navigate difficult times.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Requires the individual to have lived experience with mental health and/or substance use.
• Able to work alternative work schedules, evenings and weekends as needed for operations and at the request of management.
• Knowledge and ability to work effectively with adults experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms as part of a team of professional care providers.
• Knowledge of maintaining and executing confidential information using HIPAA standards.
• Must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation with personal automobile liability insurance coverage at or above the levels mandated by the State of Vermont.
• *Successful completion of a criminal history background check after hire.

What's in it for YOU:

• Competitive Salary - $18.54/hour
• Limited Benefit Package
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Career Training and Development

CCN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.