Recovery Support Specialist

Job Posting Title

Recovery Support Specialist

Agency

452 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERV.

Supervisory Organization

JTCMHC Compliance

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this family provide peer support services, serve as advocates for consumers, and provide information and peer support for consumers in emergency, outpatient or inpatient settings.  The positions perform duties to assist consumers with recovery processes as they regain control of their lives.

Typical Functions

• Facilitate peer support groups
• Teach and mentor the value of every individual’s recovery experience
• Model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies
• Proactively engage consumers and possess communication skills/ability to transfer new concepts, ideas, and insight to others.
• Assist service recipients in articulating personal goals for recovery
• Assist service recipients in determining the objectives needed to reach his/her recovery goals
• Provide and advocate for effective recovery-oriented services
• Assist consumers in obtaining services that suit that individual’s recovery needs
• Inform consumers about community and natural supports and how to utilize these in the recovery process
• Assist consumers in developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy
• De-escalate consumers when needed using TherapeuticOptions (TherOps) training
• Demonstrate confidentiality regarding all aspects of cases

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge required to perform work at this level includes learned advocacy and recovery; basic written and oral communications; and basic computer operation.

Skills required are effective listening and communicating; working in a team setting; and time management.

Abilities required include interpreting and recording observations and activities; following oral and written directions; and establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others.
 

Level Descriptor

This is the basic level of the job family, where employees work under close supervision of the supervisor, and work with other Peer Recovery Support Specialists in a training capacity, as assigned.

Education and Experience

The education requirement at this level consists of a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).

Special Requirements

Demonstrated participation in advocacy and/or personal knowledge in recovery. Has the ability to become a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist. Criteria to become a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist is available at http://ok.gov/odmhsas

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services applicants must submit to a physical examination and shall meet the physical examination requirements of occasionally lifting and carrying 50 pounds and able to push and pull a maximum force of 25 pounds as a conditional offer of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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