Are you someone who has experienced mental health or substance use struggles firsthand and want to use your own recovery journey to help others? We are looking for a Peer Support Specialist to join our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team.
As a Peer Support Specialist, you’ll bring something unique to the team: lived experience, hope, understanding, and the ability to show others that recovery is possible. You’ll work alongside ACT team members to support individuals experiencing serious and persistent mental illness and/or substance use challenges as they work toward their own goals and recovery.
What You’ll Do- Build positive, trusting relationships while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Share your own recovery experiences when appropriate to provide hope, reassurance, and encouragement.
- Help individuals identify their strengths, goals, and personal definition of recovery.
- Provide support related to coping skills, symptoms of mental illness, medications and side effects, relapse prevention, and recovery.
- Engage individuals through outreach, support, and community-based services.
- Promote self-determination and support individuals through the stages of change.
- Serve as a role model by demonstrating healthy coping and recovery skills.
- Respond appropriately to emergency situations and follow ACT program guidelines.
- Complete required documentation and training.
Your experience can become someone else’s hope!
As a Peer Support Specialist, you won't simply tell someone that recovery is possible—you can show them through your own experience. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary ACT Team dedicated to meeting people where they are, supporting their goals, and helping them move toward the life they want.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Willing to obtain Certified Peer Support certification (CPSP) within 6 months of employment.
- Must have personal, lived experience in your own recovery from addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring substance and mental disorders.
- Minimum recovery time of 1-2 years
- Experience working in behavioral health, social work, case management, or related field preferred
- Must have a valid drivers license, care insurance, and reliable vehicle
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Willingness to obtain Certified Peer Support certification within six months of employment
- Personal lived experience in recovery from addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring disorders
- Minimum recovery time of one to two years
- Valid driver's license
- Car insurance
- Reliable vehicle
- Experience in behavioral health, social work, case management, or a related field
What We Do
Radiant Health is a community mental health center (CMHC) in Indiana that offers evidence-based care for wide-ranging mental health challenges.
