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(Archived) Peer Recovery Support Specialist
Last Updated: 11/30/21
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for introducing new inmates to the process at Monroe County Jail upon entry/re-entry. To provide peer support from personal gained experiences. To assist in discharge and re-entry planning.
- Provide initial, non-clinical contact to individuals entering the facility to provide support
- Engage with individuals entering to determine level of support needed by both medical, mental health, and rehabilitative services provided.
- Provide support to individuals entering and/or re-entering the facility as it relates to experience, feelings, and process of current circumstances
- Coordinate care with appropriate teams to ensure individual is properly and effectively connected with services requested at point of intake.
- Work closely and collaboratively with Transitional Coordinator to meet with individuals to gather proper information for re-entry/discharge planning.
- Facilitate/participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and/or case consultations with staff across disciplines.
- Utilize the electronic medical record upon each visit and document properly to reflect services provided.
- Service as a model of hope, recovery, and stability utilizing lived and shared experience(s)
Company Details
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We’re a private, physician founded correctional healthcare practice. We provide comprehensive medical and mental healthcare services to over 70 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout 5 different states in the Northeastern US (i.e. Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, New York, and New Hampshire).Our medica...