The Recovery Support Services (RSS) program has been designed to assist individuals who are seeking additional support in their recovery process, for both those who are currently involved in treatment and those who are not.

This program is designed to help individuals who:

Chronically relapse

Struggle to stay in sustained recovery though assistance with a peer who is also in recovery.

Our recovery specialists will meet with individuals involved in the program regularly, accompany them in their environments, and assist them in navigating through life’s difficulties. They will also help individuals build and use the skills necessary to reach, and remain, sustained recovery.

Because of their life experience, a Recovery Specialist has an understanding about addiction and recovery that professional education cannot replicate. A Recovery Specialist in not a sponsor, counselor, priest or pastor. They are everyday people living in recovery and have made it their life’s work to help those recovering from addiction find a path to wellness.

A Certified Recovery Specialist will:

Provide outreach for those in recovery, offering guidance in the recovery process

Educate about recovery and what living in recovery means

Offer help with developing a Personal Recovery Plan

Give support during and after treatment

Use recovery-oriented tools to help you address challenges

Introduce clients to other people in our community in recovery, individually and through Recovery Support groups

Motivate, mentor and guide you through the recovery process

FSWC RSS Program

By Family Services of Warren County Inc

FSWC RSS Program