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Peer Support/Recovery Coach, Per Diem, Variable Shifts, Retreat Residential

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services·Grand Rapids, Michigan

Part Time·On Site·0-2 yrs
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Posted 5 days ago
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About the role

The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach utilizes personal experience with mental illness and/or substance abuse to offer hope and recovery mentorship to individuals in residential and outpatient settings. This involves teaching personal responsibility, serving as a role model, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary treatment teams while documenting interactions in the electronic medical record.

Cost Center: 346 Retreat Residential

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

Work Shift: Resource (United States of America)

Shift & Status

Who Are We?

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.

What Will You Do?

As a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach at Pine Rest, you’ll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and compassion.

The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach is an individual who possess a unique perspective to treatment, due to his/her own experience with mental illness and/or substance abuse.

The Peer Support Specialist draws from his/her personal experience to carry the message of hope and recovery to the people we serve in residential and outpatient settings.

Much of this support is offered in a coaching/mentoring manner, where the Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach cultivates and secures a connection with the person served, while teaching personal responsibility and serving as a mentor and role model on the recovery and wellness process.

The Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coach will interact, support and mentor persons served who are working to regain control over their own lives and over their own recovery process and will be an essential member of multi-disciplinary treatment teams.

Our Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Coaches are driven to make an impact in the lives of those we serve and are motivated by the healing they witness first-hand each day. They are dedicated to excellent customer service, enthusiastic about the care we offer, and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Who We Are

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. Our on-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.

Principal

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Use experiences with personal recovery to offer hope, encouragement and reassurance to the people served within the program.
  • Participate as assigned in clinical and staff meetings.
  • Participate in the person centered planning process as requested by persons served.
  • Work with program leadership to implement programmatic changes by utilizing evidence based practices to improve the quality of our services and outcomes.
  • Assist the people we serve to become active participants in their treatment and encourage self-advocacy while in the program. Encourage those served to take personal responsibility for their own recovery and wellness.
  • Document interactions in the electronic medical record and coordinate with other treatment team members as necessary.
  • In individual and/or group settings, provide services aimed at promoting independence, community inclusion and productivity. Services offered may include but are not limited to: Assistance in applying for benefits, assistance in finding and maintaining housing, budgeting skills, maintaining a mentoring program, Wellness Recovery Action Plan care coordination and medical advocacy and follow up after psychiatric hospitalizations and/or detox/residential admissions.
  • Work as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide the best possible care and/or treatment to each person served.
  • May schedule and lead group programming. Complete the appropriate group paperwork required within the program.
  • May provide formal and impromptu training for direct care staff and other team members to assist the team in utilizing a recovery-oriented approach.
  • Learns and helps to accomplish patients’ treatment plans and goals.
  • Support and promote a recovery focused environment and person-centered approach within the program.

What Does This Role Require?

Education/Experience

  • Must possess, at a minimum, a High School Diploma or GED, 6 moths post high school education in behavioral sciences may be preferred.
  • Life experience that allows individuals to identify self as peer and/or coach.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate in both written and verbal format to meet position responsibilities.
  • Current certification as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and/or Recovery Coach or ability to obtain Michigan Peer Support Specialist Certification once hired may be required. Some programs may require the candidate to have been served by the public mental health system.
  • May be required to have been diagnosed with a Mental Illness or Substance Abuse.
  • May be required to have been served by the Public Mental Health System.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans
  • 403(b) retirement match contribution by Pine Rest
  • Generous PTO for full and part time employees
  • Tuition assistance & loan forgiveness
  • Employee Assistance Program offering many free and discounted services for therapy, legal, accounting, gym membership, etc.
  • Partnership with Davenport University provides generous discount on tuition for employees and family members.

Notice

Pine Rest provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

All new employees are subject to a criminal background check and education verification which may include sending a copy of your high school diploma, GED, or college transcripts.

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is also part of our background process.

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services requires all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations subject to certain exclusions. Pine Rest is committed to granting reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.

The equivalent base pay range for this position is $16.34 - $22.88. Your interview and offer letter will specify whether the role is hourly or salaried. Please note that this range does not include potential shift differentials, incentives, or bonuses, which may be part of the total compensation package. Final base pay will be determined based on location, experience, education, certifications, and FTE status.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED, with 6 months of post-high school education in behavioral sciences being preferred, alongside life experience identifying as a peer or coach. Current certification as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and/or Recovery Coach is required, or the ability to obtain Michigan certification upon hiring, and some programs may require prior experience with the public mental health system or a diagnosis of mental illness or substance abuse.

  • high school
  • Coaching
  • Customer Service
  • Mentoring
  • Treatment Planning
  • Crisis Response
  • Peer Support
  • Addiction Treatment
  • Group Facilitation
  • Community Inclusion
  • Self-Advocacy
  • Mental Health Support
  • Electronic Medical Record Documentation
  • Personal Responsibility
  • Recovery Coaching
  • Medical Advocacy
  • Wellness Process

Posting details

Employment type
Part Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Posted
Jul 23, 2026
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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services

Pine Rest offers a full continuum of behavioral health services and is the second largest non-profit behavioral health system in the United States. Our comprehensive behavioral health center located in Grand Rapids, Michigan offers psychiatric urgent care, outpatient, inpatient,...

Salary listed on 9 jobs
IndustryMental Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size1,001-5,000 employees
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