Continuing Education - Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) Instructor - Part Time

About this position

CONTINUING EDUCATION - CERTIFIED RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST (CRSS) INSTRUCTOR - PART TIME MALCOLM X COLLEGE Community and Continuing Education non-credit courses are available for students and community members seeking occupational skills or personal enrichment. Are you interested in collaborating in the development of high-quality recovery support training for individuals with lived expertise of mental health, substance use, or co-occurring mental health and substance use recovery? If you have passion for recovery support, teaching, and learning, consider joining our team. When you join, you will have the opportunity to inspire, motivate, and empower learners to succeed and deeply impact the recovery community in Illinois. About CRSS (Certified Recovery Support Specialist) Success Program Illinois faces a statewide crisis in behavioral health access due to its inadequate workforce capacity. The CRSS Success Program (a grant awarded by the Department of Human Services of Illinois) will provide high quality recovery support training, supervise practical experience, and wrap-around supports. This program seeks to increase the number of individuals in Illinois who successfully obtain the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) credential through the Illinois Certification Board (ICB d/b/a IAODAPCA), as one mechanism to address the behavioral health workforce shortage. CRSS professionals are individuals trained to incorporate their unique personal experience in their own recovery with a distinct knowledge base and human service skills. This combination of experience and training allows the CRSS professional to facilitate the recovery and build the resilience of persons with mental illnesses or those dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorder. Strengthening the behavioral health workforce requires alignment of resources and enhancement of career pathways that allow behavioral health centers to

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