Peer Recovery Coach Intern

Job overview

The Peer Recovery Coach Intern role is an onsite, full-time listing in Toms River, NJ, serving Ocean County. Compensation is not specified. The internship is part of Bright Harbor Healthcare’s Young Adult Services and requires 500 hours of supervised work experience toward state peer certification. Using lived experience with substance use recovery, the intern engages and supports people in active use or early recovery through low-threshold outreach. The role connects participants with harm-reduction supplies, healthcare and social services, treatment, housing resources, and emergency shelter support while developing peer-support skills under supervision.

What you'll do

• Attend individual and group supervision and document service hours
• conduct street and mobile outreach
• distribute naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and safer-use kits
• build rapport using a nonjudgmental approach
• coordinate with emergency rooms, syringe service programs, and social services
• connect participants to treatment, healthcare, housing, and other resources
• support emergency shelter activations and crisis engagement.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

peer recovery coach intern

peer support

substance use recovery

harm reduction

street outreach

care coordination

naloxone

ocean county nj

bright harbor healthcare

young adult services

supervised experience

shelter support

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires lived experience with substance use recovery and completion of 500 supervised experiential hours for certification eligibility.

About the employer

Bright Harbor Healthcare is hiring for this role. Industry: Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Sector: 62.