Employment Peer Mentor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

403(b) Retirement Plan

Public Service Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer

Job summary

Porthealth is seeking an Employment Peer Mentor to provide individualized community services to individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges. In this role, you will empower clients to exercise their rights and promote their recovery through various wellness strategies.

The position offers competitive pay ranging from $19 to $21/hour, along with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent accredited by the state department.
• Must be or have been a recipient of mental health services.
• Current state-appropriate driver’s license and vehicle insurance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching and consultation to individuals for recovery.
• Promote wellness management strategies through interventions.
• Assist individuals in developing psychiatric advance directives.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Wellness management

Recovery values

Case coordination

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

NC Certified Peer Support Specialist (or willingness to certify)

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 (e.g., 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 time lines.
• 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.

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

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.

Inclusive Culture, Different Voices, Embracing Potential, Authentic Self, and Learning and Growing (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!