Peer Support Specialist/Mentor

High School diploma or GED Required, Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Consumer of Mental Health Services; Persons with a history of being consumers of mental health service or individuals with lived experience (i.e., living with a relative, significant other, or other support person who is a consumer of mental health services).
Knowledge and Skills:
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively with others; Ability to follow directions and work within a program structure.
Language Ability:
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
Math Ability:
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized and emergency situations.
Computer Skills:
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; inventory software; internet software; order processing systems; and database software.
Certificates and Licenses:
• Valid Driver’s License - Must meet insurance underwriting requirements.
Work Environment:
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Special Requirements:
• Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance as required by Title XXII, licensing regulations. This includes FBI and DOJ clearance.
• A health screening, by or under the direction of a physician must have been performed not more than one year prior to employment or within seven (7) days after employment. Health screening must include TB clearance not more than one year prior to employment or within seven (7) days after employment.
• Must have a “valid” standard first aid card from an accredited institution.
• Must be physically able to assist clients and/or staff in the evacuation of program facility in emergency situations.
• Must be able to administer first aid in an emergency.
Physical Requirements of Position:
• Walking, Sitting, Pinching and Finger Flexion, and Visual/Auditory Acuity are required constantly (over 2/3 of the workday); Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Pulling, Bending, Stooping, Crouching, Kneeling and Twisting are required occasionally (under 1/3 of the workday). Balancing, Climbing and Crawling are generally not required.