Shift: PRN; As Needed/Days

Join our team at the Robert Young Center as a Peer Recovery Specialist! Use your lived experience with recovery to provide hope, encouragement, and meaningful support to individuals on their own recovery journey.

Under the indirect supervision of the Department Manager, the Peer Recovery Specialist provides care using Robert Young Center’s Trauma-Informed Care principles. This role provides case management, psychosocial rehabilitation, outreach-focused services, and crisis intervention support as needed while maintaining accurate clinical documentation and demonstrating Trinity’s mission, values, and principles.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

• Assures consumers receive clinically sound triage, referral, and ongoing behavioral health services by collecting information needed for accurate assessment and participating in treatment plan development.
• Provides mentoring, individual and group support, and teaches self-advocacy, motivation, and recovery-focused skills through ongoing engagement and feedback.
• Delivers assertive community outreach and sustained efforts to engage clients, including linkage to services such as psychiatric care, medication management, and representative payee support.
• Evaluates and monitors consumer treatment plans through follow-up assessments and recommends adjustments based on clinical findings and changing needs.
• Responds to crisis situations by providing intervention, recommendations, and appropriate support to stabilize and assist clients.
• Utilizes peer support tools such as WRAP, NAMI programs, and psychoeducation to promote wellness, recovery, and client understanding of illness, medications, and treatment.
• Maintains accurate and timely clinical documentation while demonstrating UnityPoint Health values, compliance standards, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.