Job Summary
Peer Support Specialist

The Peer Support Specialist primary responsibilities are to direct, coordinate, and manage the activities of a

comprehensive mental health program and to ensure the program operates in full compliance with relevant

laws, ensure accuracy of data; compliance with regulation; and identify operational efficiencies.

The Peer Support Specialist will provide service activities to include the following interventions:

• Education and training of clients and others who have a legitimate role in addressing the needs

identified in the Person Centered Plan

• Preventive, and therapeutic interventions designed for direct individual activities

• Assist with skill enhancement or acquisition, and support ongoing treatment and functional gains

• Develop interpersonal and community relational skills, including adaptation to home, school, work

and other natural environments

• Therapeutic mentoring and Supportive Counseling

• Symptom monitoring and self-management of symptoms

• Inform the client about benefits, community resources and services

• Assist the client in accessing benefits and services

• Arrange for the client to receive benefits and services

• Monitor service provision

• Case management to arrange, link or integrate multiple services as well as assessment and

reassessment of the client’s need for services Provide coordination of movement across levels of

care, directly to the person/family, Referral linkage and Person-Centered Planning

• Coordinates discharge planning

• Coordinates community re-entry following hospitalization, residential services and other levels of

care

• First Responder crisis response on 24/7/365 basis to consumers experiencing a crisis

• Service coordination activities within the person-centered plan

• Skill building

• Daily and Community Living Skills

• Socialization skills

• Adaptation skills

• Symptom monitoring and management skills

• Education substance abuse

• Therapeutic mentoring

• Behavior and anger management techniques

The Peer Support Specialist will be responsible for required documentation.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITION:

The Peer Support Specialist will work in a variety of environments and settings. Peer Support

Specialist must be able to work flexible hours.

TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Peer Support must be delivered by individuals who have the life experience of being diagnosed with a serious mental

illness or substance use disorder and must be North Carolina Certified Peer Support Specialists who:

a) Self identify as an individual with life experience of being diagnosed with a serious mental illness or substance use

disorder which meets Federal Definitions

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $17.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: Remote