Peer Recovery Specialist, Outpatient Counseling Services

Company Summary At Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare , Hope is Spoken Here. Our mission is to provide quality, community-based services that prevent and address mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. We put people first-ensuring every individual is treated with dignity and respect while providing flexible, affordable, and timely services. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve as a Peer Recovery Specialist. Position Summary/Responsibilities The Peer Recovery Specialist functions as a member of the team to provide expertise about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by clients to have a satisfying life. ( SOR Grant ) Duties include: Collaborates to promote a team culture that recognizes, understands and respects each client's point of view, experiences, and preferences. Responsible for maximizing client choice, self-determination, and decision‑making in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of treatment. Provides peer counseling and consultation to individual clients, families and team staff; acts as a liaison with other BRBH programs and community resources; carries out rehabilitation and support functions; and assists in mental health/substance use treatment, education, support, and consultation to families, and crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff. Responsibilities of the Warm Line include answering the phone M-F (9‑5), returning voicemails from afterhours calls within 24hrs, proper and accurate documentation on Warm Line tracking sheet. Hiring Range The anticipated base salary for this position is $38,563.20 to $40,705.60. Actual compensation offered within this range will be determined based on the candidate's experience, education, qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities), geographic location, complexity of role, and other relevant business considerations. We kindly ask that candidates do not discuss compensation until after an offer of employment is extended. Requirements Knowledge & Skills : Peer Recovery Specialist must have, at a minimum, qualifications that are documented or observable to include knowledge of: Have personally experienced a substance use disorder. The Peer Recovery Specialist assists the other team members to understand the client's perspective and subjective experience. Is or has been a recipient of substance related disorder services, and has acquired and uses the skills for chronic disease management. Communication skills (oral and written), crisis intervention and basic computer usage Knowledge of substance related disorders, trauma‑informed approaches to services, and community resources Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and ability to establish supportive trusting relationships Possess ability to recognize and adjust practice and services to cultural and ethnic differences. Education: High school diploma or GED required. Experience: Have at least one year of recovery and lived experience with mental illness or substance use disorder conditions; Awareness of the importance of recovery and living with a mental illness or substance use disorder conditions; Past experience working directly with people in a service‑oriented field is beneficial. Understanding of community resources and the recovery‑oriented systems of care model is preferred. Licenses/Certifications: Certification as a Virginia Peer Recovery Specialist with certification in good standing preferred. Completion of the approved certification course through VA DBHDS within one year of employment is required. Background Check: Fingerprints, State and FBI criminal record reports, drug test, and central registry report will be required upon selection. Safe Driving Record: This position requires transporting clients or driving agency vehicles. Candidates must have a good driving record, which is defined as no more than two moving violations in the last three years and no criminal moving violations in the last five years. Special Work Conditions While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use of hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, controls and reach with arms and hands. The employee frequently lifts and or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Travel up to 10%. Travel is local. These functions may be performed with or without reasonable accommodations. Why work at BRBH? Team atmosphere: Our small team works hard to change lives. Work/Life Balance: We have a great Paid Time Off policy - 21 days annually, which starts accruing on your first day, plus 10 paid holidays. Stable Employer: BRBH provides multiple programs and services throughout the Roanoke Valley with over 350 employees working to provide quality care to our clients. We are proud to have served our community for over 50 years. BRBH maintains a drug‑free workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. This position is located in Roanoke, VA. EOE Statement Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation general identify or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Categories: Human Services/ Social Work/ Sociology/ Psychology/ Non‑Profit/ Healthcare/ Social Services/ Counseling/ MSW/ BSW #J-18808-Ljbffr