Recovery Specialist
RiverValley Behavioral Health
Owensboro, KYFull-time$13.25–16/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Recovery Specialist provides basic supervision and assistance to clients in a residential substance abuse program. The role supports clients through lived experience and recovery guidance, supervises daily activities, facilitates groups, and assists with client transportation and follow-up. The position is on second shift, from 4:00 p.m. to midnight.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
0
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$13.25 - $16.00 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
3
Job Description
Job Summary: (2nd Shift 4:00pm-12:00am)
A Recovery Specialist provides basic supervision and assistance to clients of a residential substance abuse program. The Certified Adult Peer Support Specialist (APSS) provide assistance to clients of a substance abuse program using their unique lived experiences to guide and support others in some form of recovery.
Essential Functions:
Supervises clients during shift. This includes bed checks, meal supervision, taking vitals, observing self-administration of meds, and supervising passes and visitors.
Provides assistance to office support staff by copying forms, filing, and recombining charts that are ready for termination as necessary.
Leads “pass” process group on Sunday or other support type groups and documents on each client.
Facilitates community building exercises and orientation groups. Handles the logistics of patient arrival and departure. Manages follow up appointments.
Transports clients to and from CFC, recreational outings and doctor appointments. Monitors and documents client behaviors. Attends and helps document Family Educational groups.
Fosters collaborative working relationships among members of the leadership and management teams and programs.
Other duties as assigned.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Why Choose RiverValley?
RiverValley is now a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), expanding access to high-quality, integrated care in the communities we serve. Join a mission-driven organization committed to clinical excellence, professional growth, and meaningful impact.
We offer:
Competitive pay
Comprehensive benefits (health, dental, vision, Telehealth)
Paid time off + 9 holidays
Retirement plan options
Tuition reimbursement + free CEUs
Clinical supervision
Wellness & employee assistance programs
Mileage reimbursement for work related travel
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) - eligible employer
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
Yes
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant
Yes
Background Check Required
Yes
Industry
Healthcare
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
110922
How this job compares
Set against the 1,849 open Behavioral Health jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$13.25–16/hr
- US median$24–32/hr775 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $14.63/hr, is 48% below the US median midpoint ($28/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Behavioral Health hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Behavioral Health jobs in Kentucky and 1,849 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Baptist Health5 open
- CVS Health4 open
- Addiction Recovery Care3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Behavioral Health postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,016 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,045 of the 1,849 open Behavioral Health jobs (57%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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