Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (Part Time)

Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities.

Pyramid Healthcare offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare defined by supportive environments that offer patients the strength they need to overcome life’s challenges. We offer behavioral healthcare services – psychiatry, addiction recovery, mental disorder treatment, etc. – that allow clients at all stages of recovery or rehabilitation to reclaim health and well-being.

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Pyramid Healthcare New River Valley Inpatient | Radford, VA

Turn Your Recovery Experience Into Professional Support for Others.

Your lived experience can be powerful—but as a Peer Recovery Specialist , you'll use that experience within a professional treatment environment to help others navigate their own recovery.

At Pyramid Healthcare New River Valley Inpatient, you'll work alongside a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide peer support, encourage treatment engagement, and help clients connect with resources that support recovery beyond treatment.

This role is about more than sharing your story. It's about using your experience professionally, maintaining appropriate boundaries, protecting confidentiality, and helping clients build their own path to recovery.

What You'll Do

- Provide peer support using your lived experience to encourage recovery and treatment engagement

- Build professional, supportive relationships with clients while maintaining appropriate boundaries

- Help clients connect with community resources and ongoing recovery support

- Collaborate with counselors, nurses, and other members of the treatment team

- Communicate client progress, concerns, and service needs to your supervisor

- Maintain timely, accurate documentation of client and collateral contacts

- Participate in peer record reviews and quality assurance activities

- Maintain professional relationships with staff across disciplines

- Communicate with referral sources as directed

- Provide transportation to community resources and services when needed

- Participate in assigned emergency and after-hours support activities, including crisis planning and hospital diversion

- Protect client confidentiality and follow all organizational policies and professional standards

- Complete required training and continuing education

Your Lived Experience Matters. So Does Your Professionalism.

We're looking for someone who can connect with clients through authentic lived experience while also recognizing that every client's recovery journey is different.

Successful Peer Recovery Specialists are able to:

- Share personal experience appropriately and intentionally

- Maintain healthy professional boundaries

- Respect client confidentiality and individual choices

- Work effectively as part of a clinical team

- Document services accurately and on time

- Accept direction, feedback, and supervision

- Remain calm and professional during challenging situations

- Support clients without attempting to take over their recovery

Required Qualifications

- High school diploma or GED

- Registered or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist certification through the Virginia Board of Counseling at the Department of Health Professions — REQUIRED

- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary treatment team

Position Details

📍 6226 University Park Drive, Radford, VA

💰 $15–$20/hour , based on experience and education

🕐 Part-time | 16–24 hours/week

📅 Weekend scheduling required

Additional Benefits:

- First Stop Health: No-cost virtual Urgent Care, Primary Care, and Mental Health visits for eligible employees

- UKG Wallet: Optional access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday

- Training and professional development opportunities

Make Your Experience Count.

You know that recovery is possible. Now you can use what you've learned to help someone else take their next step— professionally, respectfully, and as part of a team.

If you have the required Virginia Peer Recovery Specialist certification and are ready to turn your lived experience into meaningful professional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Pyramid CORE Values:

We are committed and proud to live our CORE values and use them to inspire those around us. Our employees are expected to align with these values, behaviors, and standards. We are held accountable for upholding these CORE Values: INTEGRITY is striving to be honest, transparent, and ethical when dealing with clients, staff, and the community. DEDICATION is demonstrating an unwavering commitment to always provide exceptional care and support to those we serve is needed daily. COLLABORATION is a steadfast, team-focused approach; working together to achieve excellence. PASSION is genuine, compelling, and relentless desire to improve lives and support Pyramid Healthcare’s mission.

Total Rewards for Full-Time Positions:

- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

- Flexible Spending Accounts

- Life Insurance

- Paid Time Off

- 401(k) with Company Match

- Tuition Reimbursement

- Employee Recognition Programs

- Referral Bonus opportunities

- And More!

Want to know more?

To learn more about Pyramid Healthcare, and how you can achieve personal and professional growth, visit us at: https://bit.ly/Pyramid-Careers .

Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. is proud of its diverse workforce, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.