Also called: Certified Peer Specialist, Recovery Coach
Uses their own recovery experience to support people who are starting the journey.
Meets a man in the ER right after an overdose and shares his own story, helps a client find a recovery meeting, and drives someone to their first day of treatment.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. Lived experience in recovery plus state peer certification training (~40-80 hours).
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Addiction Studies, Human Services.
Growing much faster than average (about 10% over 10 years). Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. The job is built on a real person sharing their own recovery story; AI can't do that.
Classes: Psychology, Health, Sociology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1094.
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