Peer Support Specialist
About The Position
A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well-established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina. The agency was founded on the belief that when people truly care and are willing to go the extra mile, we will not only improve lives, but we will also create success in the lives of the people we support. To learn more about us, visit our website at www.caringalternative.com . The role of a Peer Support Specialist is to serve as a mental health and/or co-occurring condition who has been trained and certified to help others with these conditions, as well as identifying and achieving specific life and recovery goals. Peers w ork as a bridge linking people to services as they transition from hospitals or jails into the community.
Requirements
- Certified Peer Support Specialist through the NCCPSSP
- Ability to perform tasks on the computer including working with Microsoft 360, Excel, Word and other basic programs.
- Valid driver’s license, auto insurance coverage and reliable transportation
- Pass criminal background check and other regulatory checks
- Provide proof of your education
- High School Diploma or GED
- NC Certified Peer Support Specialist
- Must have experience working with individuals with mental health or substance use disorders and have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served
- Resume must include relevant employment dates including month and year , and populations served.
Responsibilities
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the individual to promote recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction
- Promote wellness management strategies, which include delivering manualized interventions (e.g. Wellness Recovery Action Planning or Illness Management and Recovery)
- Model recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal action to encourage wellness and resilience
- Provide consultation to team members to assist in understanding of recovery and the role of the Peer Support Specialists, promoting a culture in which individual’s points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment
Benefits
- Competitive Payrates!
- Work related mileage is paid tax free
- Be a Team Member!
- Strong Core Values!
- Flexibility!
- Training!
- Free CPR, First Aid and NPI training.
- CEUs are available and external training is also paid for by the company.
- Benefits!
- Company laptop provided for most positions
- 401(k) & Roth retirement plans
- Company matching 401(k) & Roth
- 11 paid holidays
- Direct deposit
- Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year
- Major medical, dental & vision insurance plus 16 hours paid sick time after 60 days
- Company paid Life Insurance policy
- Short term & long-term insurance available
- Employee Assistance Program for free financial, emotional & legal help
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
