SOAR Community Services
Peer Support Specialist in Recovery
Job Description
Offer hope and encouragement as a Peer Support Specialist with SOAR Community Services. Utilize your lived experience to foster supportive relationships and guide clients toward recovery.
As a Peer Support Specialist, you will play a crucial role in connecting with individuals facing substance use and mental health challenges. Using your own recovery journey, you will facilitate peer-led groups and help clients set personal goals. You will also collaborate with staff, contributing your unique peer perspective to the team.
Key Responsibilities:
• Build relationships by sharing lived experiences of recovery
• Facilitate peer-led groups to provide support
• Guide clients in identifying recovery goals
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
• Participate in agency-wide peer initiatives
Requirements:
• Lived experience of substance use recovery
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
As a Peer Support Specialist, you will play a crucial role in connecting with individuals facing substance use and mental health challenges. Using your own recovery journey, you will facilitate peer-led groups and help clients set personal goals. You will also collaborate with staff, contributing your unique peer perspective to the team.
Key Responsibilities:
• Build relationships by sharing lived experiences of recovery
• Facilitate peer-led groups to provide support
• Guide clients in identifying recovery goals
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
• Participate in agency-wide peer initiatives
Requirements:
• Lived experience of substance use recovery
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills