Peer Recovery Specialist- Crisis Receiving Center
Recruitment began on August 14, 2025
and the job listing Expires on August 28, 2025
The Peer Recovery Specialist operates as part of a comprehensive 23-Hour Crisis Stabilization team by using lived experience with mental illness and/or substance use and recovery to model wellness, recovery, and resiliency.
Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Health (CIBH) is seeking a Peer Recovery Specialist to support peers in their mental health and/or substance use recovery by modeling personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and wellness via telling your recovery story; assisting them in identifying personal recovery goals; and developing and utilizing recovery plans with the skills, strengths, supports, and resources to aid them in achieving those goals. This position specifically works to support individuals who are in crisis and to help promote post-crisis growth.
Typical Tasks Include:
* Provides crisis support by interacting with peers in crisis.
* Provides information about service options.
* Informs and assists with accessing community resources, services, and benefits.
* Provides post-crisis follow up to ensure service connection.
* Coordinates transportation as needed for individuals from the hospital emergency department to their apartment, home, or other residential settings to support the resolution of a behavioral health crisis.
* Documents services in the client electronic health record.
* Performs other related duties as assigned.
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse ourBenefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
Vocational/Educational Requirement:
Requires any combination of education and experience equivalent to an associate’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, or related field.
Experience:
In addition to satisfying the vocational/education standards, this job class requires a minimum of one year of related, full-time equivalent experience.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
* Must complete Virginia Department of Behavioral Health Developmental Services (DBHDS) Peer Recovery Specialist Training and become certified as a Peer Recovery Specialist in the state of Virginia and possess within one year of hire.
Special Requirement:
Employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies. Emergency operations support work and work locations may be outside of normal job duties.
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