Peer Recovery Specialist

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Odessa, TX
Entry level
Healthtech
The Role
The Peer Recovery Specialist supports individuals facing substance use challenges by providing assistance in recovery programs, coordinating care with community agencies, and documenting member needs and interventions. Responsibilities include facilitating support groups, participating in case management, and promoting the Substance Use Disorder Program through community outreach and engagement.
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We are seeking a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist to support our members in Texas. This position may require some travel within the community if needed. 

We would love to speak with you about joining us if:

You are caring and compassionate, and would enjoy helping individuals facing substance-exposed living make positive changes in their lives. If you have strong organizational skills and a talent for problem-solving. If you are a Peer Recovery Specialist or Peer Support Specialist and have successfully participated in a recovery program, then Mindoula wants you to join our team!

Peer Recovery Specialists serve as role models for individuals facing substance-exposed living and are in varying phases of recovery. In this role, you would follow the Substance Use Disorder Program division of Mindoula's guidelines in planning care, assessing client needs, and completing screenings. You also would refer clients to resources as needed, and coordinate with the Substance Use Disorder Program team, primary care providers, managed care organizations, and community agencies to provide quality care for our clients.

Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance 
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Short Term and Long Term Insurance paid by Mindoula
  • 401k, with a company match
  • 3 weeks paid vacation each year, 4 mental wellness days and 11 holidays
  • Parental Leave: 8 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Personal Development Program: $500 credit reimbursement per calendar year

Some of the responsibilities include:

  •  Identifying individual member needs and documenting interventions based on relationships and assessments. 
  • Providing support to members through a variety of settings and assisting with support groups, as needed. 
  • Contributing to case management meetings to ensure a team approach is delivered for each member. 
  • Completing documentation for member contacts, touches, cancellations and care plans based on organizational policies. 
  • Communicating professionally with members, families, physicians, community agencies, agency leadership and office staff. 
  • Following chain of command in communicating concerns or recommendations. 
  • Responsible for achieving set goals/Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). 
  • Representing and promoting Mindoula and the Substance Use Disorder program through participation and interaction with community, professional organizations and community outreach efforts. 
  • Participating in timely conflict resolution and treating people fairly and with respect. 
  • Supporting all members of the team in performance of their duties. 
  • Participating in any performance improvement processes and initiatives. 
  • Promoting responsible and ethical stewardship of Mindoula's resources. 
  • Maintaining excellent punctuality and attendance during work hours. 
  • Partnering with the enrollment team to grow the member census and identifying eligible members to enroll in program.
  • Other duties as assigned

Apply for our Peer Recovery Specialist position today for the opportunity to join a team of professionals who are proactive in making a difference in others' lives! 

We launched Mindoula because each of us has had personal experience with mental illness, either directly or through a loved one. We realized that the behavioral health system was broken and decided to take it upon ourselves to fix it by focusing on the people we serve, not their diagnoses or symptom sets. Each of us, and everyone we serve, is a person first, and a set of challenges second. 

Come be part of the solution!

The Company
Silver Spring, Maryland
199 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Mindoula is a next-generation population health management company that delivers data-driven, team-based behavioral health support across the continuum of care. We identify, engage, and serve populations with behavioral health and medical challenges and contract with payers, health systems, hospitals, and primary care practice groups to extend the reach of existing capabilities to integrate behavioral with medical care.

Mindoula deploys tech-enabled teams of case managers, care managers, community health workers, peer support specialists, and psychiatrists to provide 24/7 support to even the most complex and underserved behavioral health populations. Mindoula’s member engagement and predictive analytics technology platform has made the company a market leader in hospital readmissions reduction, collaborative care, care coordination for the seriously mentally ill, and measurement-based psychiatry.

We launched Mindoula because each of us has had personal experience with mental illness, either directly or through a loved one. We realized that the behavioral health system was broken and decided to take it upon ourselves to fix it by focusing on the people we serve, not their diagnoses or symptom sets. Each of us, and everyone we serve, is a person first, and a set of challenges second.

Mindoula Health is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland but has operations in VA, DE, PA, WV, LA, NV, FL, NJ, NY, NC, OH, NE, MO, IL, KY, and DC. We are currently hiring multiple positions throughout our many locations, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, physician assistants, case & care managers and have a particular need at present for skilled tele-therapists looking to work 100% virtually during this unfortunate pandemic.

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