Title: Peer Recovery Specialist

VP Area: Student Affairs - UMW

Department: Dean of Students

Campus Location: Main Campus

Advertised Range: $57,000

Job Summary/Basic Functions

The University of Mary Washington is seeking a qualified Peer Recovery Specialist. The Peer Recovery Specialist is responsible for helping to create a diverse, positive, and inclusive recovery community on our campus where individuals are empowered to ask for help, to receive support from other students in recovery, to intervene with empathy when they notice someone struggling with alcohol or other drug use, and to respect recovery by offering encouragement and celebrating success. The Peer Recovery Specialist will promote well-being by helping to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate UMW's recovery support initiatives. These initiatives are designed to engage and empower people in recovery or considering recovery, as well as recovery allies. The Peer Recovery Specialist will focus on sustaining recovery on our campus through being a facilitator, mentor, educator. Also, they will connect students to appropriate on- and off-campus clinical providers when necessary. The Peer Recovery Specialist also will be responsible for educating the UMW community about opioid addiction and overdoses, and will organize Narcan trainings multiple times each academic year.

Required KSAs/Competencies/Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Cultural competence related to recovery language, communities, and resources
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to be flexible, to work independently, and to be proactive in pursuing and strengthening partnerships
• Commitment to diversity, social justice, and creating inclusive environments
• Maintenance of ethical standards of professional care and confidentiality

Required Experience:

• Experience collaborating, volunteering, or working with recovery community organizations

Additional Considerations:

KSAs

• Understanding of student development issues, emerging needs, and interests.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

• Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC or CSAC-A), or Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (CPRSS) certification); or completed training as a Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS), but not yet certified.
  
  
  

EDUCATION

• Completion of or enrollment (current or previous) in a baccalaureate or associate degree program
  
  

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a collegiate recovery community as a staff member, intern, or member
• Experience planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion or recovery support initiatives in a college setting
• Lived experience as an individual in recovery

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position. To be considered for this position a state application must be received through the online employment system at https://jobs.umw.edu/.

Selected candidate(s) must successfully pass a criminal history background check. Employment verification will be conducted to include current/previous supervisory employment reference checks. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions. For more information, please visit http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/.

The University of Mary Washington adheres to the principle of equal opportunity. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, parental status (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors in recruiting, admitting, enrolling students or hiring and promoting faculty and staff members. Complaints of discrimination should be directed to the AA/EEO officer of the University. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.