Peer Recovery Coach

Inspire Hope. Support Recovery. Change Lives.

Burlington United Methodist Family Services (BUMFS) is seeking a compassionate, encouraging, and motivated Peer Recovery Coach to join our Behavioral Health team. If you believe in the power of recovery and want to help individuals overcome substance use challenges through connection, support, and lived experience, we'd love to meet you.

As a Peer Recovery Coach, you'll walk alongside individuals as they build healthy, meaningful lives in recovery. You'll provide encouragement, advocacy, mentorship, and practical support while helping clients develop recovery goals, navigate community resources, and overcome barriers to long-term success.

Working alongside counselors, clinical staff, and community partners, you'll help individuals discover hope, build resilience, and maintain lasting recovery.

Every day offers the opportunity to remind someone that recovery is possible.

Why You'll Love Working Here

✔ Make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals in recovery

✔ Join a mission-driven nonprofit with over 100 years of service

✔ Be part of an experienced behavioral health and recovery team

✔ Build lasting relationships while empowering others through recovery

✔ Supportive leadership committed to employee development

✔ Comprehensive benefits package

✔ Paid time off and holidays

✔ Retirement plan

✔ Opportunities for professional growth and certification

✔ A workplace grounded in the Sanctuary Model of trauma-informed care

What You'll Do

As a member of our Behavioral Health team, you will:

• Provide one-on-one peer recovery coaching and ongoing encouragement to individuals in recovery.
• Help clients develop personalized Recovery Wellness Plans that reflect their individual goals and strengths.
• Conduct outreach to engage individuals who may be difficult to reach or disconnected from services.
• Assist clients in identifying and overcoming barriers to recovery, employment, housing, healthcare, transportation, and community support.
• Connect clients with recovery meetings, peer support groups, sober living resources, and other community services.
• Accompany and support clients during appointments, recovery activities, and other services as appropriate.
• Transport clients safely in accordance with agency policies and state regulations.
• Reinforce treatment goals and collaborate with counselors and clinical staff to support positive outcomes.
• Provide education about the recovery process, relapse prevention, and healthy lifestyle changes.
• Facilitate recovery-focused conversations through individual meetings, group activities, and telephone contacts.
• Support families by encouraging recovery-oriented routines and healthy relationships.
• Respond appropriately during crisis situations while maintaining client safety.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation while protecting client confidentiality.
• Collaborate with clinical staff, recovery volunteers, and community partners to ensure coordinated care.
• Support Burlington UMFS's mission by demonstrating professionalism, teamwork, compassion, and respect in every interaction.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to successfully complete required background screening.
• Ability to obtain West Virginia Recovery Coach Certification within three months of hire and maintain certification in good standing.

Preferred Experience

Experience in one or more of the following is helpful but not required:

• Peer recovery support
• Behavioral health
• Substance use treatment
• Mental health services
• Community outreach
• Human services
• Case management
• Recovery support groups

Individuals with lived recovery experience who meet certification requirements are encouraged to apply.

The Ideal Candidate

You are someone who:

• Believes recovery is possible for everyone.
• Builds trusting, supportive relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Listens with empathy and encourages others without judgment.
• Communicates effectively with clients, families, and treatment professionals.
• Remains calm and professional during challenging situations.
• Thrives in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Values integrity, accountability, compassion, and respect.
• Wants to help others build healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Why Burlington UMFS?

For more than a century, Burlington United Methodist Family Services has been helping individuals, children, youth, and families build brighter futures. Our employees are more than professionals—they are advocates, mentors, and trusted partners who inspire hope every day.

As a Peer Recovery Coach, you'll have the opportunity to use your compassion, encouragement, and personal strengths to empower individuals as they navigate the journey of recovery.

If you're looking for a career where your work truly changes lives, you'll find it here.

Our Core Values

At Burlington UMFS, we are guided by:

• Collaboration
• Respect & Dignity
• Empathy
• Accountability
• Trust
• Excellence

Join Our Team

If you're ready to inspire hope, empower recovery, and make a lasting impact in the lives of individuals and families while growing your career in a supportive, mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply today.

Together, we create hope, healing, and brighter futures.

Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.

Qualifications

Education level:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• NA

Core competencies

Required:

• A team builder who inspires staff to work together in pursuit of a common mission, with the ability to hold them accountable for the accomplishments of the objectives.
• Ability to respond to and manage crisis situations.
• Should have exceptional organizational skills; proficient computer skills; and interpersonal relationship skills, and the ability to communicate orally and in writing with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, manage several projects simultaneously, and adjust to frequently changing demands.
• Have the ability to make decisions consistent with agency policies and general philosophies of childcare.
• Be in good health, have physical and emotional stamina necessary to implement physical interventions with assaultive or self-injurious residents.
• Be an acceptable role model for adults in values and lifestyles in keeping with those ascribed by Burlington.

Preferred:

• NA