Employment Peer Mentor

About the role

Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH) is dedicated to empowering individuals and strengthening communities through our mission of helping people reach their full potential. The Employment Peer Mentor plays a crucial role in achieving this mission by supporting individuals with mental illness, substance abuse, and behavioral health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provides coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the individual served to promote recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction.
• Promotes wellness management strategies, including delivering manualized interventions such as Wellness Recovery Action Planning or Illness Management and Recovery, and employment services.
• Aids in the development of psychiatric advance directives and assists in the Person Centered Planning process.
• Serves as an active member of the employment team, participating in peer review, and providing employment services interventions and case coordination as needed.
• Prepares and submits documentation accurately and within prescribed timelines.
• Models recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal actions to encourage wellness and resilience.
• Participates in the DMH-approved IPS training and provides services according to the service definition and IPS Fidelity Model.

Requirements

• A minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent accredited by the appropriate state department of education is required.
• Must be a NC Certified Peer Support Specialist, or willing to be certified within 6 months of hire.
• Must have current, unrestricted, state-appropriate driver’s license and vehicle insurance.
• Must have reliable transportation that allows movement throughout the program delivery area.

Qualifications

• Must have received mental health services.
• Must have reliable transportation that will allow movement throughout the program delivery area.
• Works as part of a team and delivers services in the community, including the street, homes, shelters, jails, and hospitals.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to model recovery values and attitudes.
• Knowledge of mental health and substance use services.
• Experience working with individuals with mental illness, substance abuse, and behavioral health challenges.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rate: $19-21/hour
Generous paid time off and paid holidays
Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
Life and Disability Insurance (company paid)
403(b) Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance Program and legal services support
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer

Pay

$19-21/hour

Schedule

The Employment Peer Mentor works as part of a team and while there is daily office-based work, the bulk of the work is in the community, including the street, homes, shelters, jails, and hospitals.