Peer Recovery Specialist - Assertive Community Treatment Team

Peer Recovery Specialist-ACT


NRVCS is searching for Peer Recovery Specialists! This position offers the ability to serve your community with our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, along with great benefits. This unique opportunity allows you to use your past experiences to council, heal, and grow clients towards a better future, while working with a supportive team!


The Peer Recovery Specialist position with ACT, provides non-clinical, person centered wellness focused support to engage consumers in treatment and to promote use of the consumer's wellness recovery plan. The Peer Recovery Specialist shares their first hand lived experiences with recovery to inspire hope, increase engagement in treatment and in their communities and support consumers in articulating personal goals for wellness, recovery resiliency and self-advocacy. The Peer Recovery Specialist will receive Coordinated Individual Supervision with the Office of Peer Supports and Recovery Supervisor and Program Supervisor and Peer Support Group Supervision.


10% stipend increase reflected in the salary


Starting Hourly Rate: $17.89-Depending on Experience


Education/Experience Required:

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent is required.
• Bachelors' degree in a human services field is preferred.
• Must have a diagnosed mental health or substance use disorder that has impacted your life for two years or more and must identify at least one year in recovery.
• Registration with the Virginia Board of counseling as a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist is required.

Additional compensation will be considered for any new employees who speak multiple languages.