East Bay Community Action Program

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

East Bay Community Action Program  •  Warren, MI (Onsite)  •  9 days ago
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Job Description

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Department: Behavioral Health

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Warren - Recovery Center

Reporting To: Director Recovery Centers


Are you passionate about helping others navigate recovery and build meaningful, sustainable lives? Join our team as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, where your lived experience becomes a powerful tool to inspire hope, create connections, and change lives in the community.

In this role, you won’t just provide support, you’ll be a trusted guide, advocate, and bridge between individuals and the services they need to thrive. This is a hands-on, community-based position requiring regular travel and active outreach. You’ll be working directly in the environments where people live and access services making your impact immediate and tangible.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide one-on-one recovery coaching in community settings
  • Build trusting relationships using lived experience to inspire growth and resilience
  • Help individuals and families overcome barriers to accessing care
  • Guide individuals through healthcare, housing, employment, and social services
  • Coordinate referrals and ensure continuity of care
  • Support engagement in recovery meetings and ongoing services
  • Conduct outreach in shelters, community hubs, and other key locations
  • Lead strength-based conversations that promote self-determination
  • Deliver Naloxone (Narcan) education and support harm reduction efforts
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and community partners
  • Maintain accurate, compliant documentation
  • Participate in meetings, trainings, and quality improvement initiatives

What You Bring

  • Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (Rhode Island) or willingness to obtain within 1 year of employment
  • Lived experience in recovery and ability to apply recovery principles professionally
  • 2–3 years’ experience in recovery support, outreach, or behavioral health
  • Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel locally
  • Compassionate, non-judgmental, and relationship-focused
  • Skilled at building trust with diverse populations
  • Adaptable and confident working in dynamic community environments
  • Organized and committed to quality, compliance, and client care
  • Certified Recovery Coach credential
  • Experience with Recovery Systems of Care or SAMHSA-aligned models
  • Knowledge of harm reduction and overdose prevention strategies

Benefits

Benefits: For Full-Time Employees Working 30-40 hours per week, EBCAP offers:

  • Subsidized, comprehensive medical (BCBSRI) and dental (Delta Dental) insurance plans
  • Supplemental vision insurance (Delta Dental)
  • Voluntary medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Up to 3% matching 403(b) retirement plan
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal days, and sick time
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employer-paid professional development
  • Employee assistance program
East Bay Community Action Program

About East Bay Community Action Program

East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) is a private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation. The mission of EBCAP is to provide high-quality, comprehensive and accessible health and human services to assist people to achieve their fullest potential.

In 2016 EBCAP merged with East Bay Center (EBC), a state recognized Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) and Integrated Health Home. Given that the two were recognized at the local, state, and national levels as premier providers, the transformation and merger into a single organization greatly enhanced the level of expertise and expanded the breadth and depth of services that EBCAP could offer to the communities it serves.

With this merger, EBCAP received provisional approval by the state as an Accountable Care Entity, an in-house partnership of medical, dental, behavioral health, and social service providers working together to create a shared culture of collaboration and transformation of the health care system. The ACE will focus on supporting high quality care, enhancing health information technology, and experiencing shared savings through agreements with major Medicaid providers, such as Neighborhood Health Plan of RI.

EBCAP is proud to provide a full array of services including integrated family health, behavioral, and dental services; Head Start and Early Head Start; Women, Infants and Children; family development; Healthy Families America home visiting; Heating and Energy Assistance; Victims of Crime Act information and referral services; and much more!

The vision of EBCAP is to be recognized as the premier human service agency in the east bay.

Industry
Nonprofit & NGOs
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
East Providence, RI
Year Founded
1965
Website
ebcap.org
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