Peer Recovery Coach

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What Awaits You:

• Opportunities for Career Growth - Build a meaningful career with access to professional development, mentorship, and advancement pathways.
• Collaborative and Inclusive Environment - Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who value mutual respect, innovation, and teamwork.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package - Take advantage of a competitive and affordable benefits program that supports your health, financial security, and overall well-being.

Under the supervision of the Department of Social Work, the Peer Recovery Coach provides supportive services and recovery resource connections to adults recovering from substance use disorders. This role serves as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to promote long-term recovery and support patients in developing and following individualized recovery plans. Responsibilities include engaging patients, facilitating referrals, maintaining post-discharge follow-up, and connecting individuals with community and transitional resources.

The Peer Recovery Coach works collaboratively with the care team to support patients experiencing substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. This position uses lived recovery experience, motivational interviewing, and SBIRT principles to provide peer support, encourage patient engagement, and promote harm reduction, empowerment, and recovery-oriented decision-making.

• High school diploma or GED required; PRC-focused education and training preferred
• Lived experience of recovery from substance use required
• Ability to build supportive relationships with individuals experiencing substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders
• Knowledge of SBIRT preferred
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work independently with minimal supervision, and escalate concerns appropriately
• Valid driver's license preferred

Salary Range: Minimum 22.33/hour - Maximum 36.86/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.