Certified Peer Support Specialist

Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority is currently recruiting a full time Certified Peer Support Specialist. The candidate will:

• Assist consumers by providing links to benefits and community services;
• Encourage and coach consumers using individual and group support contacts focused on health promotion and wellness enhancing activities;
• Participate in consumers' integration of physical and behavioral health care.

A high school diploma or equivalent (GED) and lived experience with a mental illness is required (plus lived experience with a substance use disorder [SUD] is desirable), and at least three years of sobriety and recovery is required; candidate must have received services through Medicaid, a local CMH agency, or some other publically funded source. A non-certified candidate must be able to achieve Certified Peer Support Specialist certification through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Current Openings for Certified Peer Support Specialist Jobs at Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority