Peer Recovery Support Specialist - Lawrenceville Area

Overview

Preferred Behavioral Health Group is a dynamic and innovative non‑profit organization recognized as one of "
THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NEW JERSEY
" for 2024 and 2025 by NJBIZ. The mission is to change and save lives across the state through a trauma‑informed care culture. Our staff is at the core of everything we do, and we are dedicated to building a diverse team where employees feel a sense of belonging and are valued for their individual contributions.

Job Title:

Peer Recovery Support Specialist

Program: CPSAI

Location:

Lawrenceville Area – Main Office, 3131 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Building 6

Position Type:
Full Time

Starting Salary: $37,450.00

The Peer Recovery Support Specialist draws upon their lived experience to carry a message of hope and recovery to individuals experiencing a substance use disorder. By offering encouragement, support, outreach, service linkages, and advocacy, the PRSS cultivates and secures connections with parents/caregivers while coaching them to achieve recovery goals and model personal responsibility.

• Reinforce, guide, and ensure that parents/caregivers and their families understand that recovery is possible, building on strengths, coping abilities, and available resources.
• Assist parents/caregivers with gaining the skills and resources needed to initiate and maintain recovery.
• Assist in establishing and sustaining a social and physical environment supportive of recovery.
• Enhance identification and participation in the recovery community.
• Empower parents/caregivers to make self‑determined and self‑directed choices about their recovery pathway.
• Collaborate with the parent/caregiver to develop a Recovery Plan, including culturally competent services that identify measurable goals, assess strengths, identify barriers, and monitor progress.
• Attend all Family Team Meetings and focus on supervision as requested.
• Participate in case consultation with the parent/caregiver, DCP&P case worker, and attend consortia if the parent/caregiver is presented.
• Attend agency staff meetings.
• Educate the parent/caregiver on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social services, and recovery support systems.
• Serve as a positive role model by sharing knowledge, hope, and skills.
• Communicate proficiently—written and verbal—exhibiting critical thinking.

• High school diploma or equivalency;
  Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Communication skills: written and verbal.
• Basic computer skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must be 21 years of age.
• Knowledge of addictions preferred.
• At least 2 continuous years of sustained recovery.
• Must pass a pre‑employment drug test and background check.

The Department of Children and Families approved Peer Recovery Support Service training—including Ethics, Division of Child Protection and Permanency—is required. Additional trainings may include Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Psychological First Aid, and all agency‑specific trainings.

• Medical, Dental, and Prescription Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Benefits such as Vision Insurance, Aflac, Pet Insurance
• Staff Training and Development Opportunities
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

EOE