Residential Peer Support Specialist

Job Description

We are hiring a Residential Peer Support Specialist to assist members of the Resident Supportive Services Program. As a self-identified mental health and/or substance use consumer, this position assists in developing daily living opportunities that promote safety, stability, and economic mobility, utilizing the tools developed in their own recovery. This position is part-time at 20 hours per week, with the main office being Lewiston or South Paris, with frequent travel to Lewiston, South Paris, and Farmington.

Essential Duties:

• Provides ongoing support, care, and conversation to participants and family members when appropriate.
• Engage participants in skill building opportunities and overcome barriers to community inclusion activities and education classes.
• Participate in staff meetings, supervision, and staff training and development activities.
• Encourage residents to maintain activities of daily living to increase their ability to keep their housing.
  
  

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan with agency contribution
• Ongoing, agency-provided and/or agency-paid training
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. required
• Eligible to obtain Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS) certification within 12 months of hire and maintain ongoing.
• Previous consumer of mental health and/or substance use recovery services
• Previous peer support experience (paid or unpaid) is a plus
  
  

Other Requirements: Must have ability to be on a flexible schedule; Pre-employment background checks: Maine Background Check Center (SBI, Direct Care Worker Registry, Maine and National Sex Offender Registry, fraud, and federal debarment), DHHS- Child and Adult Protective, and DMV must be completed upon offer of hire and as a condition of continued employment; valid driver’s license and travel within the service area is required.

Community Concepts, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. Please request any necessary accommodation to participate in the application process.