POSITION DESCRIPTION: Advocacy Unlimited offers holistic, peer-led, education, advocacy, and support in the areas of mental health, addiction, and trauma recovery. We believe all people have the innate capacity to create a life of self-defined purpose beyond a psychiatric diagnosis. To learn more, please go to www.advocacyunlimited.org The Community Support
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: Model recovery with collective care, accountability, and ethics. Assist the Director of PRS with documentation and reporting on behalf of the Bridger team. Onsite in Rocky Hill 2 days during the regular business week. Present on Bridger in the community as requested, and submit follow up documentation.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES The Peer Support Specialist’s role is to support others in recovery from a substance use disorder(s). The Specialist will serve as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to recovering individuals to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. The Specialist will provide non-clinical services intended
Summary: The Peer Support Specialist holds a certificate from a certified Recovery Support program and provides skill-building, engagement, and care coordination as part of the residential programs. The main focus of the Peer Support Specialist is supporting client engagement in treatment and treatment completion with an aftercare plan. Essential Duties
Job Summary Accountable for using shared life experiences and recovery management techniques to engage, motivate, educate and mentor clients in achieving individualized goals for successful community living. The Recovery Support Specialist provides peer support which is a non-clinical role. This class does not involve treatment, assessment or evaluation activities. The
In order to provide support to patients based on personal experience, a Recovery Support Specialist performs many different tasks. The Recovery Support Specialist first and foremost uses their personal experiences in recovery to develop meaningful and trusting relationships with patients, acting as a mentor. As someone who successfully managed their
PURPOSE and POSITION OVERVIEW Support activities and programming that focus on individual’s recovery by increasing their overall quality of life and independence. Provide intensive skill-building and motivational support that will help identified individuals pursue goals related to health and wellness, employment, education, community integration and use of natural supports. Serve
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: SAFE Family Recovery The Safe Family Recovery program encompasses 3 separate programs: SBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment), RMCS (Recovery Management Checkup and Support) and MDFR (Multidimensional Family Recovery). SBIRT is a screening that includes a breathalyzer, urine drug screen, the administration of the GAIN-SS and a
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Community Support Program The Community Support Program is a community based rehab model designed to assist persons with serious mental illness to live independently. Community Support Specialists provide assistance with learning skills to live independently, accessing community resources, finding appropriate and affordable housing, receipt of entitlements, linking with
2075 Silas Deane Highway
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
As a peer run organization, our staff uses their direct lived experience navigating mental health, addiction, and trauma to promote individual growth, human rights, and systems transformation. We believe that everyone has the inner capacity to heal, grow, and change. Our team envisions a world in which everyone – regardless of socio-economic status or psychiatric/addiction histories – has space to be seen, heard, and valued.
