Certified Peer Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Pay: $19 hourly

Schedules x4:

Tues-Sat 8am-4pm
Tues-Sat 4pm-12am
Sun-Thur 4pm-12am
Wed-Sun 12am-8am

The Peer Specialist uses their lived experience with behavioral health services to provide support, encouragement, and guidance to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Through trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and peer-based support, the Peer Specialist helps guests identify strengths, build resilience, and work toward personal recovery goals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with guests experiencing crisis using trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and Intentional Peer Support (IPS) practices.
• Foster a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment where guests feel heard, valued, and supported.
• Utilize lived experience and recovery knowledge to support guests in their personal recovery journeys.
• Create a sense of community through shared experiences and encourage participation in daily program activities.
• Assist with pre-registration, intake, and orientation processes, including explaining program services, reviewing expectations, conducting tours, and introducing guests to staff and peers.
• Collaborate with healthcare providers, care management teams, and community partners to support guests in identifying and achieving short-term goals.
• Facilitate individual and group activities focused on recovery, wellness, skill-building, WRAP, peer support, harm reduction, and social engagement.
• Provide ongoing encouragement and follow-up support to help guests make progress toward their goals.
• Advocate for guests and assist them in accessing healthcare, behavioral health, and community-based services.
• Help address barriers to care, including transportation challenges, missed appointments, stigma, and communication with providers.
• Assist guests with activities of daily living (ADLs) and promote a clean, safe, and supportive living environment.
• Support meal preparation, provide access to snacks and personal care items, and encourage guest participation in household activities.
• Complete timely and accurate documentation of guest interactions, services provided, referrals, critical incidents, and other required records.
• Participate in data collection and reporting related to program outcomes and service delivery.
• Attend supervision sessions, team meetings, trainings, case conferences, and other required staff meetings.
• Perform light housekeeping and household upkeep duties as needed.
• Provide flexible coverage, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

Required

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Peer Certification
• Lived experience with the mental health system and a willingness to appropriately share personal recovery experiences to support others.
• Demonstrated respect for and comfort working with individuals experiencing mental health crises.

Preferred

• Experience working in behavioral health, human services, social services, or a related field.
• Completion of a Peer Specialist training program preferred. Candidates not currently certified may be required to obtain certification within an established timeframe.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including active and empathetic listening.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving, and de-escalation techniques.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking candidates strongly preferred.

How you project yourself in the world says a lot about you. So, what do we think is important for you to know about us? Soloh Partners is proud to be a wholly women-owned business. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We are driven by our passion for service: service to our clients & their mission and service to our candidates and employees. We believe in making things personal. It isn’t just business for us. This is about shaping careers and building an engaged workforce.

Company Description

How you project yourself in the world says a lot about you. So, what do we think is important for you to know about us? Soloh Partners is proud to be a wholly women-owned business. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We are driven by our passion for service: service to our clients & their mission and service to our candidates and employees. We believe in making things personal. It isn’t just business for us. This is about shaping careers and building an engaged workforce.