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As a Peer Specialist, every interaction is an opportunity to make a lasting impact, supporting individuals through some of their most critical moments and celebrating their progress along the way.
As a Peer Specialist with the Urgent Care Mental Health team in Cumberland County, you will provide mental health support to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Our program offers an alternative for those who are experiencing mental health crisis symptoms and are not in need of psychiatric hospitalization. As a Peer Specialist, you will strive to assist individuals with building and reinforcing coping skills and support networks. This program emphasizes wellness and recovery principals to not only assist individuals through their current crisis but future challenges as well.
Schedule: Full-time; 40 hours; Monday - Friday with one evening shift per week 11:30AM to 8:00PM; Saturday 8:30AM-5:00PM (Saturday is rotating shift and is worked in lieu of working a weekday shift.)
Salary: $19.25/hr.
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Benefits:
Qualifications:
HS Diploma required;
Must also possess experience as a consumer of mental health services and demonstrate volunteer or paid experience working with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness.
All positions require a valid driver’s license in good standing, and pre-employment drug screening. Oaks Integrated Care considers applicants for all positions without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; age; sexual orientation; marital or veteran status; the presence of a medical condition, genetic information or handicap, unrelated to performing the tasks of the job; or any other legally protected status.
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Oaks Integrated Care is a non-profit organization providing a comprehensive range of behavioral health, human services, and community support programs.