Employment Peer Mentor

Easterseals PORT; Kinston (NC); On-site; USD 26,174 - 28,929; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Full benefits package

403(b) Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Easterseals PORT in Kinston, North Carolina, is looking for an Employment Peer Mentor to support individuals with mental health challenges. This role is vital for fostering recovery and promoting self-advocacy through individual coaching and support.

You will enjoy a competitive hourly rate between $19-$21, along with a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical, dental, and retirement options. We encourage applicants of all abilities to apply and join our team.

Qualifications

• 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 be or have been a recipient of mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provides coaching, mentoring, and consultation to promote recovery and self-advocacy.
• Promotes wellness management strategies and assists individuals in developing advance directives.
• Supports individuals to exercise their legal rights within the community.

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Consultation

Recovery values & wellness

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

NC Certified Peer Support Specialist

Job description

At Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH), our mission is rooted in empowering individuals and strengthening communities. As an Employment Peer Mentor, you’ll play a critical role in carrying out that mission by helping people with mental illness, substance abuse and behavioral health challenges and providing services and expertise that professional training cannot replicate. The Employment Peer Mentor is a fully integrated team member who provides highly individualized services in the community and promotes the self determination and shared decision‑making abilities of beneficiaries.

This isn’t just a job— you will be influencing change and shaping futures in our shared mission of helping people reach their full potential.

Your Role in Our Mission

• Provides coaching, mentoring, and consultation to the individual served to promote recovery, self‑ advocacy, and self‑direction.
• Promotes wellness management strategies, which includes delivering manualized interventions such as Wellness Recovery Action Planning or Illness Management and Recovery and employment services.
• Assists people receiving services in developing psychiatric advance directives.
• Models recovery values, attitudes, beliefs, and personal action to encourage wellness and resilience.
• Provides consultation to team members to assist in understanding of recovery and the role of the Employment Peer Mentor, promoting a culture in which beneficiaries’ points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment.
• Serves as an active member of the employment team, equivalent to other team members, which includes assisting with the Person Centered Planning process.
• Supports and empowers the individual to exercise his or her legal rights within the community.
• Provides employment services interventions and case coordination as needed.
• Prepares and submits documentation accurately and within prescribed timelines.
• Participates in peer review.
• Successfully participates in the DMH approved IPS training and provide services according to the service definition and IPS Fidelity Model.

Why Join Us?

As a part of our mission, we help our team members embrace their potential, build resilience, and thrive! You will benefit from ongoing professional growth and development as you work alongside leaders of clinical excellence in mental health and substance use services that care about your success.

We also offer a full benefits package for benefits‑eligible positions.

• 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

What We’re Looking For

• 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 be or have been a recipient of mental health services.
• Must have current, unrestricted, state‑appropriate driver’s license and vehicle insurance.
• Must have reliable transportation that will allow movement throughout the program delivery area.
• 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 and services are delivered when and where individuals need them.

Voted Raleigh’s Best Nonprofit Organization and Raleigh’s Best Mental Health Services two years in a row!

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy and compassionate partner, providing exceptional services in disability, mental health, and substance use to help our neighbors live their best lives. Purpose, dedication, and empathy drive our in‑person and telehealth service delivery. Our 2,600‑member team provides more than 10.2 million hours of meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults, and families in 11,000 home, facility, and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.

Easterseals PORT Health is an Inclusive Culture, Different Voices, Embracing Potential, Authentic Self, and Learning and Growing (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!

Travel Required

Yes. Community based travel within assigned territory.

Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.