Support Specialist Peer
Resume:
Richard Smith
Peer Support Specialist
Raleigh, NC 27613
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Professional Summary
** ***** ** ******** ***** with 20 years lived experience. I have worked in a non-medical detox, as an intake specialist and currently a Certified Peer Support Specialist on a Post Overdose Response Team. I supervisor a team of 4-6 peer supports. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Certified Peer Support Specialist/Post Overdose Response Team Healing Transitions-Raleigh, NC
December 2023 to Present
• Certified Peer Support Specialist on a Post Overdose Response Team. Large caseload, connect peers to community resources. Database entry/management.
• Proficient in all Microsoft platforms as well as multiple database platforms.
• Educate, provide resource's, ride with EMS 3 days a week to follow up with recent documented overdoses from Narcan report, offer and connect to community partners/resources.
• 20 years of lived experience.
• Excellent communication skills, trained in mental health first-aid. Certified CPR from American Heart Association. Certified in BBP/clean up. Worked in a detox facility for 8 months with 22 beds. Proficient in motivational interviewing. Provide harm reduction, naloxone, naloxone and opioid reversal trainings. Proficient in all community resources for recovery, mental health, medical and non-medical detoxes intake County.
Education
High school diploma
Pamlico County High School - Bayboro, NC
August 1995 to June 1998
Skills
• Naloxone Training: opioid reversal training (3 years)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Presentation skills (5 years)
• Intake Experience (4 years)
• Addiction Counseling
• Data entry (2 years)
• Microsoft Excel (2 years)
• Certified Peer Support Specialist (1 year)
• CPR certified (1 year)
• Mental Health First Aid Certified (1 year)
• Databases (2 years)
• Behavioral Health (2 years)
• Microsoft Word (5 years)
• CPR certified (2 years)
• Social Work
Certifications and Licenses
Mental Health First Aid
Present
Driver's License
April 1998 to April 2026
Certified Recovery Specialist
October 2023 to October 2025
CPR Certification
June 2023 to June 2025
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