Certified Peer Specialist - Peer Center - CPS

Clarvida - Georgia•Columbus, GA

10d

About The Position

Certified Peer Specialists draw on their lived experience to help create environments that support recovery. They promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination in the communities they serve. They assist others with skill-building, problem-solving, establishing and maintaining self-help mutual support groups, and developing self-directed recovery tools. A central part of the role is supporting people as they develop recovery goals and identify specific steps to reach them. Day, night, and weekend shifts are available, with 8-hour shifts.

Requirements

Certified Peer Specialist.
High school diploma or GED.
At least 18 years of age.
Willingness to identify as a person living with a mental health condition and use lived recovery experience to support others.
At least one year working toward wellness and recovery, and well grounded in recovery.
Strong reading, comprehension, and written communication skills.
Valid Georgia driver's license and a clean Motor Vehicle Record.
Clean criminal background check, with no conviction or credible evidence of abuse, neglect, or sexual exploitation of a child or adult.

Nice To Haves

Experience with leadership, advocacy, or governance.

Responsibilities

Use lived recovery experience to support others in their recovery.
Promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination.
Assist people with skill-building and problem-solving.
Help establish and maintain self-help mutual support groups.
Help people build self-directed recovery tools.
Support people in developing recovery goals and specific steps to achieve them.

Benefits

Paid vacation days that increase with tenure (full-time employees).
Separate sick leave that rolls over each year (full-time employees).
Up to 10 paid holidays (full-time employees).
Medical, dental, and vision benefit plan options (full-time employees).
Employee Assistance Program (full-time employees).
Health, dependent, and transportation Flexible Spending Accounts (full-time employees).
Employee, spouse, and dependent basic and optional life insurance (full-time employees).
401(k) plan (all employees).
Mileage and cell phone reimbursement, or a company phone (all employees).
Pet insurance (all employees).
DailyPay access to earnings before payday (all employees).
Student loan refinancing through SoFi at Work (all employees).
Next Steps Financial Wellness program webinars and tools (all employees).
Company laptop and IT support (all employees).
Verizon discount (all employees).
Dell discount (all employees).
Discounts on travel, shopping, and entertainment through Perks at Pathways (all employees).
Training, development, and continuing education credits for licensure requirements (all employees).
Opportunities for advancement.