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Summary:
A Peer Support Specialist is one who has progressed in their own recovery and promotes self-determination, personal responsibility, empowerment inherent in self-directed recovery, and assists individuals with mental illness in the individual’s recovery process. The Peer Support Specialist will use their personal experiences to assist individuals to better understand their illness and guide individuals to reconnect with community and work environments. The Peer Support Specialist reports directly to the Program Director or designee.This position is part of our Adult Mental Health (MH) Services Peer Support Services.
Schedule: PRN Flexible Hours based on the program's needs.
Wage Information:
$12.50 per hour.Job Description:
- Supports and assists individuals in the recovery process through coaching, mentoring, and integrating with the community.
- Identifies individuals’ abilities, strengths, and assets and assists them to recognize these strengths and use them to achieve their goals.
- Provides support in interviewing individuals to obtain information regarding their satisfaction/dissatisfaction.
- Serves as an advocate for support of individuals.
- Utilizes community resources to promote community integration and individuals’ independence.
- Assists individuals in articulating goals for recovery, helping monitor progress in treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self help strategies based on recovery experience.
- Willing to learn and model the five principles of trauma informed care; safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment.
- Commitment to promote cultural, racial, language and gender access, diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Ability to be comfortable sharing your own experience and demonstrate own efforts at self-directed recovery.
- Ability to flexibly engage people based on their level of receptivity and individual needs, acknowledging that even the same person may need different types of individual-based services at different points in their recovery process.
Qualifications:
This position requires the following combination of education and experience:
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Attestation to having a mental health diagnosis and have reached a place in recovery to positively support others in similar situations;
- Have at minimum a high school diploma or equivalency;
- Completed and passed a peer specialist training and have received certification through the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) per requirements of the OMHSAS
Medical, Dental, Prescription, & Vision Insurance available for employees, spouses, domestic partners, & dependents who qualify.
Generous Paid Time Off & Other Paid Leave
Extensive Paid Training
Career Development Opportunities
Flexible Pay Options through myFlexPay
Family Medical and Parental Leave
Flexible spending accounts for medical & dependent care
Traditional or Roth 401K Plans with up to 4% employer match
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Life Insurance
Wellness Opportunities
Tuition Assistance
Mentor/Mentee Opportunities
Health Insurance & Benefits availability will vary.
Make a positive impact not only in someone else's life but in your own life by becoming a valued member of the CSG Team!
Community Services Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Workforce Diversity.
Skills Required
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Valid driver's license
- Attestation to having a mental health diagnosis and being in recovery
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Completed and passed peer specialist training and certification through the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) per OMHSAS requirements
- Ability to comfortably share personal recovery experience and demonstrate self-directed recovery efforts
- Willingness to learn and model the five principles of trauma-informed care (safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, empowerment)
- Commitment to cultural, racial, language and gender access, diversity, equity and inclusion
What We Do
Founded in 1972, Community Services Group (CSG) provides quality community-based mental health and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services throughout Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Its mission is to promote the growth and enhancement of human potential through an effective, efficient, and innovative system of care, empowering individuals and their families to lead full, meaningful lives within their communities.
