Peer Recovery Specialist II

The person in this position uses their personal recovery experience, peer support training, and passion for helping others to make a meaningful impact on individuals receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated, as well as those receiving Medical Branch and Behavioral Health services. Help individuals identify needs, develop future-focused goals, access harm reduction and basic needs resources, and establish community connections and reentry supports to promote continued recovery after release.

The person in this position uses their personal recovery experience, peer support training, and passion for helping others to make a meaningful impact on individuals receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated, as well as those receiving Medical Branch and Behavioral Health services.

In this role, you will build trust and connection through authentic peer support, provide recovery-focused education and group support, and encourage individuals to actively engage in treatment and work towards their recovery goals. Help individuals identify needs, develop future-focused goals, access harm reduction and basic needs resources, and establish community connections and reentry supports to promote continued recovery after release. Advocate for individual concerns, collect program data, and collaborate with Medical Branch staff, peer professionals, work groups, and other Sheriff’s Office teams.

This position is ideal for someone who is ready to turn lived experience into hope and positive change. Must bring personal recovery experience, formal peer support training, and the ability to use recovery journey appropriately and professionally to build trust, inspire hope, and model the possibility of long-term recovery.

Note: As a condition of employment, the Peer Recovery Specialist II is expected to serve as a credible role model for individuals in recovery. The Peer Recovery Specialist II acknowledges that sustained personal recovery is an essential qualification of this position. Throughout employment, the employee agrees to maintain sobriety from alcohol, illegal drugs, and the non-medical use of controlled substances, comply with all agency drug-free workplace policies, and remain eligible for any required peer recovery certification. The Peer Recovery Specialist II acknowledges they are subject to random substance screening and failure to maintain these requirements may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.