Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Are you passionate about helping others navigate recovery and build meaningful, sustainable lives? Join our team as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, where your lived experience becomes a powerful tool to inspire hope, create connections, and change lives in the community. In this role, you won't just provide support, you'll be a trusted guide, advocate, and bridge between individuals and the services they need to thrive. This is a hands-on, community-based position requiring regular travel and active outreach. You'll be working directly in the environments where people live and access services making your impact immediate and tangible.

What You'll Do

Empower & Support Recovery Journeys

• Provide one-on-one recovery coaching in community settings
• Build trusting relationships using lived experience to inspire growth and resilience
• Help individuals and families overcome barriers to accessing care

Connect & Navigate Systems

• Guide individuals through healthcare, housing, employment, and social services
• Coordinate referrals and ensure continuity of care
• Support engagement in recovery meetings and ongoing services

Engage in the Community

• Conduct outreach in shelters, community hubs, and other key locations
• Lead strength-based conversations that promote self-determination
• Deliver Naloxone (Narcan) education and support harm reduction efforts

Collaborate & Contribute

• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and community partners
• Maintain accurate, compliant documentation
• Participate in meetings, trainings, and quality improvement initiatives

What You Bring

Required

• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (Rhode Island) or willingness to obtain within 1 year of employment
• Lived experience in recovery and ability to apply recovery principles professionally
• 2–3 years' experience in recovery support, outreach, or behavioral health
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel locally

You'll Thrive If You Are

• Compassionate, non-judgmental, and relationship-focused
• Skilled at building trust with diverse populations
• Adaptable and confident working in dynamic community environments
• Organized and committed to quality, compliance, and client care

Preferred

• Certified Recovery Coach credential
• Experience with Recovery Systems of Care or SAMHSA-aligned models
• Knowledge of harm reduction and overdose prevention strategies

Benefits

• Subsidized, comprehensive medical (BCBSRI) and dental (Delta Dental) insurance plans
• Supplemental vision insurance (Delta Dental)
• Voluntary medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Up to 3% matching 403(b) retirement plan
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal days, and sick time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employer-paid professional development
• Employee assistance program

About East Bay Community Action Program

East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides high-quality, comprehensive, and accessible health and human services to people across eastern Rhode Island. Founded as part of President Johnson's War on Poverty in 1965, EBCAP now serves ten communities with over 20 distinct programs — including primary medical and dental care, behavioral health services, early childhood education, and community support programs for children, youth, families, adults, and seniors. Our 521 employees work across more than ten locations, addressing everything from immediate needs like food and housing to long-term health and wellness. If you are looking to make a meaningful impact on the lives of Rhode Islanders, we encourage you to apply.

East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. EBCAP is a federal contractor subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). We take affirmative action to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans without discrimination in all employment practices. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact People Operations at View email address on click.appcast.io View phone number on click.appcast.io.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 1: Applied

Stage 2: Review

Stage 3: Interview

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