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Recovery Support Specialist, Community-Based
Customer Service · Full-time
Decatur, IL, USA
USD 18-23 / hour
Posted on Oct 24, 2026
Recovery Support Specialist (Peer Support)
Community Support Program | Macon County, Illinois
Heritage Behavioral Health Center
$18–$23/hour | Every other Friday off, paid | Monday–Friday, 8–5
Your recovery story can change someone else's. Heritage Behavioral Health Center is hiring Recovery Support Specialists to join our Community Support team in Macon County. If you have lived experience with mental health or substance use recovery, you have something no textbook can teach: the understanding that recovery is possible.
Pay and Schedule
Pay is based on credential:
- High School Diploma / GED: $18.00/hour + every other Friday off paid
- Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS): $23.00/hour + every other Friday off paid
Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Every other Friday off (paid wellness day)
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Every other Friday off as a paid wellness day: that's 26 three-day weekends a year
- Your lived experience is valued as expertise, not something to hide
- Predictable weekday hours, Monday–Friday, 8–5
- Mileage reimbursement at the IRS rate for work-related travel
- Ongoing professional development, training, and CEU support
- A mission-driven, collaborative team of peers, case managers, clinicians, and nurses
- Competitive pay commensurate with qualifications and experience
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and holiday leave
- Health, dental, and vision insurance with substantial agency contributions
- 401(k) and Roth retirement options
- Tuition assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, fitness reimbursement, and additional life insurance
Your Role
As a Recovery Support Specialist, you'll use your own lived experience to walk alongside people on their recovery journey. Peer support is therapeutic, culturally responsive, and non-clinical. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, you'll help customers become and stay engaged in recovery, build skills, and reduce the likelihood of relapse.
You may also provide Family Peer Support to parents, guardians, and caregivers, helping them understand their loved one's needs, offer support at home and in the community, and advocate for the right services.
What You'll Do
- Advocate for customers in recovery
- Provide strengths-based coaching
- Offer emotional support and mentoring
- Support engagement in treatment services
- Connect customers to community resources
- Help customers identify and build natural supports
- Teach and coach on skills development
- Help customers and families navigate behavioral health and community systems
- Educate customers and their families about mental health and substance use conditions and the recovery process
- Promote customer- and family-driven practices
- Work alongside Community Support Specialists and the wider care team
Qualifications
Required:
- High school diploma or GED
- Lived experience with mental health and/or substance use recovery, and willingness to share your story to support others
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusting relationships
- Ability to obtain certification as a Certified Recovery Support Specialist within 12 months – we will support you in this process!
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and proof of automobile insurance
Preferred:
- Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential
- Experience in peer support, behavioral health, or community services
Not certified yet? We encourage you to apply. Many great peer specialists start without a credential.
About Heritage Behavioral Health Center
Heritage is a mission-driven Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic based in Decatur, Illinois, dedicated to improving mental health and substance use care across a multi-county area.
Ready to make a difference? Apply today and join a team that cares about your well-being as much as the individuals we serve!