Peer Recovery Specialist

As a Peer Recovery Support Specialist at Nystrom & Associates, you will work collaboratively with a team of Substance Abuse Counselors and other professionals to oversee clients and their treatment. You’ll perform a variety of important tasks such as providing recovery education to clients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance. Peer Recovery Support Specialists are a model for individuals in recovery and demonstrate that recovery is possible.

This is a full-time role!

Duties include:

• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses regarding recovery.
• Assist/coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery; for “getting the life they want.”
• Recovery Planning - facilitate (via personal coaching) the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed
• Recovery Plan. The goal should be to transition from professionally assisted recovery initiation to personally directed, community supported recovery maintenance.
• Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.
• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self- help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests. This will involve a collaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support connections to community based, mutual self-help groups. Link individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed. Provide vision-driven hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.).
• Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
• As recovery specialist position evolves and knowledge increases, visit community resources with recovering persons to assist them in becoming familiar with potential opportunities.
• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and developing strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Maintains legible and organized patient electronic health records in accordance with policy and requirements of the State of Minnesota. Concurrent documentation is mandatory.
• Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Follows policies and procedures of SUD Services.
• Supports and participates in the marketing and promotion of the program as indicated.
• Has an understanding of and refers to NAL programs and coordinates care.
• Attends recovery and self-help groups with clients.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements include:

• Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;
• Have a minimum of one year in recovery from substance use disorder;
• Hold a current credential from the Minnesota Certification Board, the Upper Midwest Indian Council on Addictive Disorders, or the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. An individual may also receive a credential from a tribal nation when providing peer recovery support services in a tribally licensed program. The credential must demonstrate skills and training in the domains of ethics and boundaries, advocacy, mentoring and education, and recovery and wellness support; and

Benefits:

Nystrom & Associates prides itself on the compensation and benefits provided to our staff, including:

• Competitive base hourly pay
• PTO, paid holidays; Medical, Dental & Vision insurance; 401k, HSA, FSA
• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement
• Partnerships with local universities for tuition discounts
  
  • St. Mary's University - 10% discount
  • University of Northwestern - St. Paul - 10% discount for select programs
  • Bethel University - $400 Scholarship per term for select programs
  • Capella University - 10% tuition discount plus additional perks
  • Adler Graduate School - 10% tuition reduction