Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS), Day Shift, Behavioral Health (Adult PHP)

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health

If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

 

Adventist Health Care seeks to hire an experienced Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

As the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist you will:
• Provides non-clinical peer recovery support services to individuals and families intended to aid patients with establishing recovery, and reducing risks associated with overdose.
• Meets with every patient enrolled in the IOP or SOP either at intake or within 48 hours of intake assessment.
• Engage patients in the recovery process through skills training, instruction, modeling, advocating, positive feedback and shaping that will support and guide our patient in their own recovery.
• Conducts screenings to understand the patient’s history of drug and/or alcohol use, treatment history, social service and other recovery support needs and motivation to change behavior.
• Uses personal recovery experiences to facilitate patient’s engagement and address barriers in establishing and maintaining recovery.
• Facilitates patient’s readiness for change and uses motivational interviewing techniques and other communication skills to support and encourage the patient to plan for reduction or elimination of drug and alcohol use. Models coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Assists patients in setting personal recovery goals and developing recovery care plans.
• Engage with the inpatient behavioral health treatment team to provide patients with access and care transitions to outpatient and inpatient addiction treatment and recovery services on the continuum of care.
• Provides family and social support network members with education and recovery support materials.
• Every patient or contact interaction is documented in the Electronic Medical Record.

Qualifications include:
• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, or related field or equivalent experience.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• The incumbent should have a minimum of two years of professional experience in a mental setting and/or substance use disorder setting providing peer support/navigation; The candidate must be actively engaged in his/her own recovery with a minimum of three years demonstrated personal recovery experience from alcohol and/or drug use.
• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) in the state of Maryland
• For PHP roles, may accept mental health recovery experience in place of substance abuse recovery experience.
• Successful completion of CPR Certification and successful completion of CPI prior to assisting with a restraining procedure and within 30 days of employment. May be required to work flexible hours to include evenings and holidays.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday 8a-4:30p

May be required to work flexible hours to include evenings and holidays.

#GR8 Mental & Behavioral Health

Pay Range:

$21.04 - $29.74

In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount or if the position is Per Diem (offering a fixed rate), salary discussions will occur during the screening process.

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• Free Employee parking

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

• Paid Time Off

• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period 

• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a te