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Salary Range **$21.38 - $21.38 Hourly**

Education Level **High School**

Job Description

Make an Impact.

At WellLife Network, your clinical expertise helps individuals achieve wellness, recovery, and independence. Join a compassionate team of professionals dedicated to providing person-centered care across behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and community-based programs. Here, your skills make a real difference — one life, one family, and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Peer Specialist provides direct mental health support to individuals participating in rehabilitation and recovery services. This role promotes self-help skills, coping strategies, community integration, and increased hope and self-esteem. Drawing from lived experience, the Peer Specialist models recovery, supports skill development, and empowers recipients to regain control over their lives.

Essential Accountabilities

+ Participate in required training, in-services, supervision, and OMH-approved ACT orientations.

+ Teach skills to individuals and groups, focusing on coping strategies and symptom management.

+ Advocate for recipients and coordinate with service providers to ensure access to needed supports.

+ Engage consumers through shared experiences, offering empathy and encouragement in recovery.

+ Participate in on-site and community-based activities; escort consumers to appointments and services as appropriate.

+ Assist recipients with travel training and accessing community resources and supports.

+ Support planning and coordination of recreational and social activities, including participation when needed.

+ Assist consumers with case management needs, including transportation, benefits/entitlements, and other team-directed tasks.

+ Contribute to treatment planning with the ACT team and consumers when applicable.

+ Coordinate services with clinicians, nurses, and other ACT staff to ensure continuity of care.

+ Enter required information into CAIRS upon admission, bi-annually, and at discharge.

+ Document progress notes and status updates in the EHR within 48 hours of client or collateral contact.

+ Participate in team meetings and provide coverage for staff as needed.

+ Report and document all incidents to the supervisor within 24 hours.

+ Maintain confidentiality and ensure compliance with OMH, agency, and program standards.

+ Support skill-building in areas such as:

+ Budgeting

+ Grooming and hygiene

+ Nutrition planning

+ Public transportation use

+ Community resource navigation

+ Shopping and housekeeping

+ Physical health and wellness

+ Adaptive behavior and independent living

+ Vocational and social development

What You’ll Gain

+ Compensation: Competitive hourly rate based on experience.

+ Robust Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, and 401k retirement plan (with matching).

+ Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, holidays, and personal days.

+ Wellness Program: Free and low-cost gym and wellness access and support.

+ Training & Growth: Ongoing professional development and career advancement opportunities.

+ Meaningful Work: Direct impact on the lives of youth and their families.

+ Supportive Environment: A collaborative team that values your contributions

Qualifications

Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills and the ability to empathize with, relate to and effectively work with recipients of mental health services.

+ Life experience with mental health or substance abuse history.

AND

+ Two years of active participation in mental health self-help activities, peer support or peer advocacy programs, or recipient run organizations or similar experiences or programs.

+ New York State Peer Specialist Certification, or willing to complete the certification within one year of employment.

+ High school diploma or GED preferred, not required.

+ Valid New York State Driver’s license and vehicle.