Peer Support Specialist

At Guild, we take care of our clients and we take care of each other. As a Guild employee, you'll experience the satisfaction that comes with creating real change for

individuals and communities. You'll also experience an organizational culture that is serious about work / life balance and professional development opportunities.

We believe our clients deserve the best quality of care and service we can provide, and we show up when others do not.

We believe in flexibility and autonomy as core tenets of our organizational culture.

We believe every employee deserves a supportive team and leader.

We believe in providing every employee with opportunities for continuous growth that meet their own individual career goals.

If this resonates with you, we'd love to meet you!

PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

FLSA Status : Full-time, Hourly, Non-Exempt

FTE : 1

Salary Range : $22-$24 / Hourly

The Peer Support Specialist is a person with "lived experience" who has been trained to support those who struggle with mental health, psychological trauma, or substance use. Their personal experience of these challenges provides Peer Support Specialists with expertise that professional training cannot replicate. This position provides peer support in a residential program and will assist recipients to articulate their goals for recovery, learn and practice new skills, help them monitor their progress, support them in their treatment, model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies, support them to advocate for themselves to obtain effective services, and develop and implement recovery plans.

Primary responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Knowledge of

o Mental Illness, including potential needs and challenges.

o Stages of Change, Motivational Interviewing, Co-Occurring Disorders.

o Make recovery and stability attainable and attractive by sharing your personal story and living well in recovery; be a role model and mentor

o Bring hope to individuals with mental illness and help them discover their strengths; support them through challenges that arise; act as an ally

o Help recipients develop and articulate their personal recovery plans; provide feedback on progress and potential roadblocks

Required Skills / Abilities :

Education and Experiences :

The Peer Support Specialist must qualify as a Mental Health Practitioner as follows :

Additional Requirements :

Guild's Employer Promise

We know you do your best work when you feel supported and have the flexibility to meet all of life's demands, no matter what those demands might be. Guild is an

environment where your emotional, physical, and social wellbeing matters. A place where we're motivated to care for each other and to work together to make a difference

in the lives of our clients. We show up for our clients and we show up for each other. And Guild shows up for you.

About Guild

Guild is a Minnesota not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that empowers those living with mental illness and / or experiencing long-term homelessness by helping them find

the tools they need to lead stable, fulfilling lives in communities of their choosing.

Benefit Highlights

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Salary : $22 - $24