JOB SUMMARY

REACH Health Services of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc. (IBR), seeks a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist to join its team. This is a full-time, benefits eligible opportunity to be part of a dedicated team delivering critical health programs and resources to a diverse Baltimore-based clientele in a trauma informed environment.

IBR offfers a student loan repayment program opportunity as an approved facility of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP).

A Peer Specialist will use the insight and learning experiences from their own recovery to assist, engage and encourage participants recovering from a recent onset of psychosis. The Peer Specialist will help support participants with a sense of belonging through a supportive relationship that encourages them to address their own mental health while helping facilitate self-direction and self-worth. The selected candidate will be willing to provide service in home and community settings and also attend community based activities.

The Peer Support Specialists support the work of contract for Optum and the Health Plan at the direction of the Clinical Program Manager. He/She is specifically charged with supporting consumers and families on a daily basis, communicating with families and consumers to support their engagement, recruiting family members and consumers to serve on committees and task forces, and maintaining excellent relationships with all consumer- and family-run services and programs.