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Certified Peer Recovery Support (Evenings and Weekends, Part-time)

Park Avenue Center

Certified Peer Recovery Support (Evenings and Weekends, Part-time)

Minneapolis, MN
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Join an extraordinary team and help support our mission to Empower People to Improve Their Lives. Park Avenue Center is a substance use disorder treatment provider who also addresses mental health needs. We meet our clients needs by living our core values of CLIENTS FIRST, OWN IT, BELIEVE IT, GET BETTER, and GOT YOUR BACK. Staff want to work at Park and clients want to come here because we understand and address mental health, we have a multidisciplinary team, we get issues such as homelessness and legal involvement, and we provide clients first programming. 

    Under the supervision of the Clinical Supervisor, Park Avenue Center Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialists provide excellent customer service in all functional areas of their work which includes regular interaction with clients, Park Avenue Center employees, and the surrounding community.  Peer support services are to be provided before, during and after SUD treatment to help individuals connect with resources that support recovery. Peers are individuals who are willing to share their personal recovery experience, and often engage quickly with individuals to offer reassurance, reduce fears, answer questions, support motivation and convey hope.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Serve as a resource for clients
    • Accompany client to appointments that support recovery
    • Provide education, advocacy, and mentoring through self-disclosure of personal recovery experiences
    • Attend recovery and other support groups with a client
    • Provide assistance to access resources to obtain housing, employment, education, and advocacy services
    • Provide nonclinical recovery support to assist the transition from treatment into the recovery community
    • Assist new intakes with direction and provide guidance
    •  Maintain positive public relations with referring agencies and businesses in the community
    • Locate appropriate staff members and/or supervisor to respond to client needs when necessary
    • Monitor clients providing urine for analysis as needed
    • Responsible for light clinical documentation
    • Perform other duties as assigned.

    Qualifications

    •  Hold a current CPRS credential from the Minnesota Certification Board 
    • Valid Driver's License or have the ability to obtain one in a timely manner is preferred
    • Successful completion of a DHS background check
    • At the time of hiring, must have a minimum of one year of recovery from problematic substance use
    • Have a high school diploma or its equivalent
    • Ability to learn and apply clinical data entry in electronic health record system
    • Possess a working knowledge of issues regarding confidentiality
    • Possess strong verbal and written skills and demonstrate the ability to present a positive professional image

    Additional information

    This is a part-time position with the potential to move to full-time

    Park Avenue Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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