Peer Recovery Support Specialist – Return to Work

🔥 2 minutes ago

⚔️ Virginia, West Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💝 Customer Support

👻 Ghost score 17%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Ascension Recovery Services

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

⚖️ Legal

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Legal • Logistics • Healthcare

Ascension Recovery Services is a national leader in the behavioral health consulting, management, and program development field. The company assists hospitals, health systems, behavioral health centers, universities, and city and state governments in developing comprehensive and fully integrated substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health treatment programs. These programs include residential and inpatient treatment, medically-managed withdrawal management, partial hospitalization programming, intensive outpatient programming, recovery residences, job training, community engagement, prevention, harm reduction, and peer recovery networks. Ascension is dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality clinical care based on sustainable business models, and is staffed by seasoned addiction professionals, many of whom are in long-term recovery themselves.

📋 Description

• Build supportive, respectful relationships with participants using recovery-oriented, strengths-based, and person-centered approaches • Help participants identify recovery goals and understand how recovery stability can support successful employment • Encourage connection with peer support, recovery groups, community resources, and other appropriate recovery services • Provide encouragement, practical guidance, and recovery-focused problem-solving within the scope of the peer role • Help participants strengthen self-advocacy, confidence, and informed decision-making • Identify recovery-related barriers affecting attendance, job readiness, workplace adjustment, or continued employment • Work closely with Return-to-Work Liaisons to develop strategies supporting recovery and employment responsibilities • Support participants during job searches, onboarding, workplace transitions, and post-placement follow-up • Help participants navigate transportation, housing, recovery meetings, community support, and other employment-stability resources • Respond to recovery challenges that could put employment at risk and connect participants with appropriate support • Facilitate warm handoffs to recovery organizations, peer resources, community programs, and approved services • Help participants access clinical care when needed while maintaining boundaries between peer support and clinical treatment • Participate in team meetings and case consultations while maintaining confidentiality • Engage with community partners and resources when appropriate and authorized • Document peer contacts, referrals, participant engagement, and follow-up accurately and timely • Recognize and promptly escalate safety concerns or needs outside the scope of peer support • Contribute to 30-, 60-, 90-, and 180-day employment retention outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• Meets applicable West Virginia requirements for Peer Recovery Support Specialists and any credentialing or certification required for the position • Relevant peer recovery or recovery-support experience • Lived experience with recovery may be required or preferred consistent with applicable certification requirements and organizational policy • Understanding of recovery-oriented, person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approaches • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to establish trust while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries • Strong documentation and follow-through • Ability to recognize when a participant's needs require clinical or other professional intervention • Ability to work collaboratively with participants, Return-to-Work Liaisons, community organizations, recovery providers, and other members of the RTW team • Understanding of confidentiality and appropriate information sharing • Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout the assigned West Virginia service region • Regular local and regional travel throughout the assigned service area is required

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time hourly, non-exempt employment • Required training, supervision, continuing education, and professional development