The Peer Support Specialist for Opioid Overdose Prevention plays a crucial role in providing support, education, and outreach to LGBTQ+ and LatinX individuals at risk of opioid overdose. This position focuses on leveraging personal lived experiences to connect with and assist individuals in navigating the complexities of opioid use disorder, harm reduction, access to treatment, and overdose prevention. The Peer Support Specialist collaborates with community organizations, healthcare providers, and local agencies to promote awareness and deliver effective interventions.

Certified Peer Support positions available on our Community Support Team serving Buncombe and Henderson counties.

Be part of an experienced team of professionals including licensed therapist, substance use disorder specialist, and qualified professionals to provide services to individuals with severe mental health and substance use issues.

Requires at least one year of experience working with the population.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides outpatient counseling

• Interviews clients to evaluate their immediate needs through relevant assessments and gather additional background information for development of a Comprehensive Clinical Assessment, Person Centered Plan and necessary referrals

• Conducts ongoing periodic evaluation and at exit of program

• Maintains up-to-date confidential records on clients and conforms to HIPPA standards • Ensures case documentation is up-to-date and reflective of services provided

Employment Peer Mentor (EPM): EPMs offer hope and motivation by drawing from their lived experience and their own employment experiences to encourage other individuals to seek and maintain employment, wellness, and community integration. Employment Peer Mentors do not hold their own caseloads and do not function as an extension of ESPs or as case managers. They support any and all individuals enrolled in the service through the provision of wellness interventions, promoting self-determination, and helping individuals advocate for themselves.

                                                                                                     Certified Peer Support Specialist Supervisor/Team Lead

                                                                                                                  CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST - QP

Purpose: The peer support specialist must be certified as a NC peer support specialist (NC CPSS). CPSS is responsible for ensuring recovery focused service that allows individuals the opportunity to learn to manage their own recovery and advocacy process through interventions of Peer Support staff that enhance the development of natural supports, as well as coping and self management skills.

We are hiring for:

Behavioral Health Team Leader / CPSS / QP

Type:

Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!  

        **If interested please email your resume to info@voice-ts.com**

V.O.I.C.E. Therapeutic Solutions has an immediate need for certified peer support specialists to provide services in the following counties:

• Wake
• Johnston 
• Durham

Peer Support Services are a community-based service for adults age eighteen and older who have a mental illness or a substance use disorder.

Responsibilities and Duties

Standards-Based Solutions, LLC is seeking to hire the following individual for one (1) position:     

In-Office Direct Service Worker (DSW) 

LOCATION:  Chapel Hill, NC

** This positions requires the candidate to have a Bachelors degree and qualify as a Qualified Professional in NC along with Peer Support Certification **

We are hiring for:

Certified Peer Support Specialist / Qualified Professional

Location:

Lexington, NC

Type:

Regular