**Location:** Avera Behavioral Health Center Link **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America) **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $18.75 - $28.75 **Position Highlights** **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** The Peer Recovery Specialist has been successful in the recovery process and will help guide others who are experiencing similar situations. Through shared understanding, respect and empowerment, peer recovery specialist will help individuals stay engaged in their recovery journey. The Specialist participates in the following activities: advocating for people in recovery, sharing resources and building skills, building community relationships, leading recovery groups, mentoring and setting goals. The Peer Recovery Specialist will function as a role model and perform a wide range of tasks. **What you will do** + Provide recovery education to service recipients for every phase of the recovery. From pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance. + Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses regarding recovery. + Facilitate the transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed recovery plan. + 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 referrals 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 involves a collaborative effort including the recovering person, agency staff and other relevant stakeholders. + Identify barriers (internal and external) of service recipient in participation of community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers. Referring individuals to appropriate professional resources when needed. + Maintain contact with recovering person to ensure ongoing success and provide re-engagement support in partnership with others, if needed. + Assist clients in building social skills in the community that will enhance job acquisition and tenure. + Develop, implement, and promote ongoing community training opportunities. **Essential Qualifications** The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Bachelor's + Drivers License - Licensing Board Upon Hire + Peer Specialist Certification - Certification Board within 2 Years + Recovery from lived-experience in substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorders (self-attested) + Knowledge of the recovery process **Expectations and Standards** + Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. + Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship. + Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. + Maintain confidentiality. + Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. + Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable. **Benefits You Need & Then Some** Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. + PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. + Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan + Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement + Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship _Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to_ _talent@avera.org_ _._ At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.