Peer Mentor Family Intensive Treatment

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Largo (FL)

On-site

USD 25,401 - 36,177

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical (100% employer paid for employees only)

Dental

Vision

Life

Short Term and Long-Term Disability

5 days PTO

16 Wellness Days and Holidays

Job summary

A compassionate mental health service provider in Largo, FL, is seeking a Peer Mentor to provide services to families in the Families Intensive Treatment Program. This role involves supporting adults and children impacted by parental substance misuse. Applicants should have relevant lived experience, a high school diploma, and must obtain Peer Certification. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and ample PTO. The position requires a commitment to client care and system navigation.

Qualifications

Experience in providing peer mentor services to adults and families.
Ability to navigate the legal and behavioral health systems.

Responsibilities

Provide peer mentor services to clients under the FIT program.
Support clients in accessing community resources.
Achieve client-facing care hours as specified.

Skills

Relevant lived experience in mental health or substance use treatment

Peer Certification

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Position Summary

This is a professional position providing peer mentor services to adults and families in the Families Intensive Treatment Program (FIT) under the Families First Division. The FIT program offers an intensive wraparound approach to engaging and working with parents who have at least one child under 10 years old and have entered the child welfare system due to parental substance misuse. The goal of these services is to reunify children with their families. Services are provided in the home, school, and community by a counselor and behavioral health case manager team, who will work intensively with the parent and children to address the behaviors that led to the referral to the FIT program.

Certified Peer Mentors support clients through a team-based approach while helping them access community resources, system navigation, and voice their choice. The individual in this position will have lived experience in living with a serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and will have previously navigated the legal system, the crisis behavioral health system, and believe recovery is possible, and that treatment works. The Peer Mentor will be required to become a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) within six months of accepting the position.

This is a field position with an expected annual client‑facing client care number of 1,410 hours. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly, and annual client‑facing client care hours is an essential function of this position.

All team members must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic, or other disaster situation.

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