Peer Support Specialist

Job Details

Description

Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of people living with mental health and substance use challenges? At Easterseals PORT Health, we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated full-time Peer Support Specialist to join our team in Burlington, NC. As a valued member of our collaborative Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, you will work to transform the lives of our clients by providing a comprehensive range of services in the community that treat the whole person and empower them to find their way forward.

What You’ll Do

The Peer Support Specialist will provide life experience with mental illness, substance use and behavioral health services that professional training cannot replicate. This team cares directly for our clients in various community settings to provide them with coaching, mentoring, and consultation that promotes recovery, self- advocacy, and self-direction. This is a community-based position with daily travel in the service area that may work outside of traditional business hours.

How You’ll Benefit

Being part of our team means we value and encourage your personal growth and development. You’ll earn an hourly salary based on your experience between $15.00 and $20.00 hourly, plus enjoy a Monday through Friday, full-time, 8am-5pm with some afterhours/weekend on call work. We offer competitive benefits to benefits eligible positions

Our Benefits Include

• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits + an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, as needed
• Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
• We provide all work tools
• We are a Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifier

What We’re Looking For

To join our team, you must be willing to provide care in various community settings and have a passion for helping others. We also require the following:

• A minimum of a high school diploma or GED required.
• Must be an NC Certified Peer Support Specialist.
• “Lived experience” and a personal recovery story specific to primary mental illness or substance use disorders.
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with the Adult Mental Health population.
• Must have current, unrestricted, state-appropriate driver’s license, unrestricted vehicle insurance and own vehicle for community-based travel throughout designated territory.
• You will be on rotational crisis call services.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.

If you are a kind, compassionate licensed professional looking to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply for this position and join our mission of enhancing lives and our community. Apply now via our website: OR by sending your resume to [email protected]

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.

Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.

We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!