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Peer Support Specialist

Team Wellness Center
place Detroit, 48272
local_atm $15an hour
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Full Time

About Job

Peer Specialist/Peer Mentor/Patient Advocate. Come and share your story, as a paid staff member of Team Wellness Center to clients in our jail diversion program. A Peer specialist is a person who has experienced mental illness and/or substance abuse but has successfully maintained recovery and stability for a least a year. Now, use your testimony to advocate for others as they start and/or continue their journey of recovery. Encourage them to remain engaged with treatment. Model the techniques used to overcome temptation and demonstrate the advantages of being a patient of a primary care physician, psychiatrist, and social services support team.

We offer:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid vacations
  • 11 paid holidays and Floating paid days off
  • Longevity Bonus
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Life Insurance / Long-term care
  • Retirement Planning
  • Plus other benefits

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Loan forgiveness
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person