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Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do. We are seeking a community-based Certified Peer Specialist to join our assertive community treatment (ACT) team in Canonsburg, PA.
Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday. Primarily 8:00 AM–4:00 PM, with one day per week from 10:00 AM–6:00 PM. Includes rotating holidays and an on-call/weekend rotation.
Position Details
The certified peer specialist will offer personalized coaching to empower consumers and support their mental health recovery goals. By sharing insights from lived experiences, the specialist can connect with and assist individuals receiving mental health services. This is a community-based role serving consumers living in Washington and Greene Counties.
-Apply wellness management skills, incorporating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), to assist consumers on their recovery path.
-Offer direct support to ACT Team members, including ongoing symptom assessment, psychiatric rehabilitation, integrated dual disorder treatment (IDDT), medication management, and transportation for treatment plans.
-Participate in Individualized Treatment Team (ITT) processes, contributing valuable perspectives to consumer care.
-Conduct cross-training for the ACT Team, fostering a culture that recognizes, values, and integrates consumer perspectives into treatment plans.
-Attend and actively engage in internal and external treatment team meetings, daily clinical team meetings, and other relevant sessions.
-Must be at least 18 years of age.
-Certified as a peer specialist in Pennsylvania or currently undergoing the required training and preparing to take the certification exam.
-Lived experience in personal mental health recovery.
-Active and valid driver's license.
For more information, please contact Nathan at nathan.vonminden@merakey.org
To apply, please visit: https://careers.merakey.org/us/en/job/110320/Certified-Peer-Specialist