Peer Support Specialist Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

Peer Support Specialist Miami Recovery Project Miami, FL 33173 Overview If you are a person with lived experience in recovering from addiction, facing mental health challenges, or overcoming homelessness, then you may be a candidate for one of our Peer Specialist positions. We are looking for Peer Specialists who are ready to walk alongside others on their recovery journeys. At Miami Recovery Project, our Peer Specialists use their personal life experiences to offer compassionate and nonjudgmental support to individuals facing substance misuse, mental health challenges, and housing instability. Peer Specialists serve as role models, mentors, advocates, and motivators to help clients prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. Through individual and peer-led group sessions, harm reduction education, and Narcan trainings, we create safe and supportive spaces for healing and hope. Our outreach efforts bring vital resources and human connections to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Duties Provide education to clients for every phase of their recovery journey, from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance. Provide a model for people in recovery by demonstrating that recovery is possible. Assist clients to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses. Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to encourage positive behavioral changes in clients. Coach clients in developing their own plan for advancing their recovery, and facilitate their transition from a professionally directed service plan to a self-directed Recovery Plan. Promote self-advocacy by assisting clients in having their voices heard, with their needs, goals and objectives established as the focus of rehabilitation and clinical services. Identify and support linkages to community resources such as communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, and professional services that support the client’s goals and interests. Support clients in their involvement in community-based activities such as work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc. Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others at Miami Recovery Project. Identify barriers to full participation in community resources, and develop strategies to overcome those barriers. Maintain accurate documentation of client interactions, progress, and outcomes in compliance with Miami Recovery Project policies. Maintain contact by phone and email with former clients after they leave the program, to ensure their ongoing success and to provide re-engagement support if needed. Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director and/or Peer Supervisor. Skills Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with clients from various backgrounds. Familiarity with motivational interviewing principles to facilitate effective communication. Empathy and cultural sensitivity when working with vulnerable populations. Knowledge of community resources that are available for peer clients. Experience with addiction recovery and/or mental health challenges. Highly organized and detail-oriented in case documentation and client follow-up. Spanish language proficiency is preferred. Must be able to commute within Miami-Dade County, FL (Required).

Job Types:

Full-time, Part-time Pay:

$18.00 – $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

Flexible schedule Paid time off

Schedule:

8 hour shift Day shift Ability to

Commute:

Miami, FL 33173 (Required)

Work Location:

In person