Peer Recovery Specialist (Infectious Disease) - #Staff

The Center for Substance Use & Infectious Disease Care Integration is dedicated to promoting healthy outcomes for people who use substances, with a focus on prevention and treatment of infectious disease and other unintended consequences of substance use. We are seeking a casual **_Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS)_** who will support people released from hospitalization, released from jails and prisons, receiving care in skilled nursing facilities or outpatient clinics, and those in the general community to link to and engage in low-threshold, stigma-free treatment for substance use disorders and infectious diseases. The PRS will simultaneously address social determinants of health, e.g., housing, transportation, and health insurance access, by interacting with clients and assisting with access to resources. The individual will be trained to support engagement and retention of individuals in treatment. The PRS will identify community-based substance use and infectious disease care and ...