Job Description: ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS • Serves as an active member of the client’s treatment team, including participation in team meetings and treatment planning meetings. • Assists clients in development of recovery plan, including psychiatric advance directives and crisis plan. • Provides education and resources about recovery and wellness. • Implements and coordinates recovery plans for individual clients in assigned population group, including evaluation, consultation, and education, and follow-up services. • Serves as role model for clients by sharing own recovery process and teaching effective coping techniques and self-help strategies. • Connects to resources and services for individual clients in collaboration with case management services. • Maintains accurate, thorough records on all assigned cases and uses documentation to assist clients in evaluating progress. • Provides advocacy services on behalf of clients. • Informs supervisor, and other members of treatment team as indicated, of issues/concerns related to individual clients. • Manages client caseload, client services, and activities to maximize direct care client time and reach expected productivity targets • Maintains continuing education requirements and required training documentation in record management systems EDUCATION · High School Diploma or equivalent. · Active Kentucky Adult Peer Support Specialist Certification · Active Registration with Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors · Maintains continuing education requirements and required training documentation in record management systems to maintain Certification · Maintains continuing education requirements and required training documentation in record management systems to maintain Registration · Attest to one year recovery as defined by AODE Regulations. · Attest to one year recovery as defined by Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors · Preferred two (2) years in recovery. EXPERIENCE · Have a current or past diagnosis of a mental health disorders, and have received or be receiving treatment · Preferred over six months’ experience as a Peer Support Specialist and/or leading recovery groups or programs. · Good interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills. · Knowledge of applicable population group and principles/philosophy of recovery PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS · Position requires lifting of 20 pounds maximum, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of items weighing up to ten pounds. · Normal work tasks may involve exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissue. · May involve 24-hour on-call responsibilities. · Eighteen years of age or older. Time Type: Full time