Are you looking for a satisfying work opportunity to help uplift adults with mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness issues in your community? Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia (RPSV) is currently searching for a Recovery Facilitator at our Merrifield, Fairfax Location.

RPSV provides key programs and services to help facilitate recovery in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. RPSV operates five program sites in the Northern Virginia area and supports ~9,000 individuals annually.

RPSV uses a unique peer-based model approach to recovery. As such, individuals who have faced these issues personally and have recovered from them staff our centers. At RPSV, "we are those we serve". Through this model, program participants recover faster because of the empathetic, inspirational environment at our centers.

We are a nonprofit in Northern Virginia with five active Recovery Centers. (Annandale, Arlington, Reston, Merrifield and South County Alexandria). We currently engage 35 employees, contractors, and volunteers. We support adults with mental health, substance use, and homelessness challenges. Following is our job description:

Location: Merrifield Peer Resource Center, Fairfax, VA

Pay and Hours: Pay is $16 an hour based on experience. Monday through Friday. Schedule is from 10 am to 4 pm. Approximately 24 hours a week.

Job Summary:
As a peer-run organization, all Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia (RPSV) employees bring a breadth and depth of knowledge acquired through their own lived experience with mental illness, substance use, or homelessness. This experience allows us to provide support and guidance to our consumers from a place of empathy and understanding. In essence, we are those we serve.
The primary role of the Recovery Facilitator is to guide, enhance, and provide effective support. to the RPSV’s peer-run mental health and addiction recovery programs. This position reports to the Program Coordinator and is intended to provide hands-on assistance to participants in a way that meets their individual needs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations can be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this position. Lived experience required and Peer Recovery Specialist Training (PRS) mandatory with ability to get (CPRS) Certified Peer Recovery Specialist certificate in 9 months. Start a new career as we will help you become trained as a Peer Recovery Specialist and then Certified as a Peer Recovery Specialist!

• Able to properly type and use internet searches to assist participants with finding resources and for finding ideas for group facilitation.
• Excellent skills pertaining to MS Office 365 Suite (MS Word and MS PowerPoint are key) and familiarity with accurately recording data into a database
• Greets participants and informs them of Center services available
• Works as an integral team member with staff members, volunteers, and participants to promote uplifting and positive workforce culture
• Serves as a positive role model and leads all participant activities with mutual respect while encouraging self-empowerment, personal responsibility, and peer collaboration, ultimately creating a positive work environment
• Leads and co-leads wellness groups
• Participates in recreational activities to bond with participants
• Associates with lonely participants to encourage engagement
• Collaborates with recovery team to create a safe environment
• Provides peer support and empowerment to participants to support in their wellness
• Educates participants about and refers participants to community resources to support in recovery
• Acts as participant advocate to coordinate required services
• Observes activities to detect policy and safety issues
• Ability to De-escalate an Incident, Emergency and/or Crisis a plus though paid Mandt Training will be given in the first few weeks.
• Follows State Mandated Reporting and RPSV Code of Ethics
• Other duties as assigned

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work setting:

• In-person

Application Question(s):

• Are you trained in MS Office?

License/Certification:

• Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (Required)
• First Aid Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person