Hackensack Meridian Health
Location
Neptune Township, New Jersey
Salary
$23 / HOUR
The Peer Recovery Specialist serves as a mentor and role model, assisting clients in achieving wellness goals and navigating recovery from substance use or mental health challenges. They facilitate recovery activities, coordinate integrated healthcare appointments, and collaborate with treatment teams to monitor client outcomes.
Candidates must have a high school diploma, personal lived experience with recovery, and at least one year of experience in the mental health or substance use field. Required certifications include NCPRSS or CPRS and a valid New Jersey driver's license.
A day in the life of a Peer Recovery Specialist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes: 1. Assists clients in choosing, obtaining and keeping wellness and healthy lifestyle related goals and in developing self-management skills. 2. Compiles and shares self-help, wellness and recovery, and healthy lifestyle resources for clients, families, and team members. Selectively uses self-disclosure to inspire, support, and motivate others. 3. Assists in scheduling integrated health care appointments. Provides assistance and advocacy at appointments and with all follow-up needs.4. Teaches and assists clients, families, and significant others based on client needs.5. Assists in the development and facilitation of individual and group-based wellness and recovery activities.6. Assess crisis situations, intervenes as necessary. Informs supervisor and other team members of any crisis. 7. Serves as a mentor and role model. 8. Participates as a treatment team member. Collaborates from a peer provider perspective. 9. Provides individualized services through face to face contact onsite or in the community and/or through telephone/video contact or telehealth.10. Attends supervision as scheduled, with agenda, and follows through with agreed upon recommendations. 11. Collaborates with other providers to identify and monitor needs and outcomes related to integrated health care. 12. Participates in the Plan Do Check Act process.13. Follows policy for all clinical documentation and completes within the required timeframe. 14. Ensures critical judgement and decision making reflects professional guidelines, code of ethics, and utilization of available resources in a collaborative approach. 15. Adheres to HIPPA standards and maintains client confidentiality. 16. Attends training and ongoing staff development opportunities to enhance skills. 17. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.18. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Qualifications: Education,
Required: 1. High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.2. One year experience in the substance use and/or mental health field3. Peer specialist/provider training 4. Personal lived experience with substance use and/or mental health recovery5. Strong verbal and written communication skills Education,
Preferred: 1. Associates degree or higher in psychiatric rehabilitation, wellness coaching or other related field. Licenses and Certifications Required: 1. National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (NCPRSS) and/or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS)2. Valid NJ driver's license If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today! Starting Minimum Rate Minimum rate of $23.13 Hourly Job Posting Disclosure HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to: Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
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