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REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Lived experience as a person served in mental health or substance use disorder treatment.
• Must be able to obtain ACT 33/34/73 clearances upon hire.

SCHEDULE

22.5 per week, daylight hours between 8:00am - 4:00pm as determined by the need of the program.

(This is a non-exempt/hourly position)

GREAT BENEFIT PACKAGE: (Benefits start Day 1 of employment)

• 403B with employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holiday Days
• Plus more………

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Peer Support Specialist position is responsible for identifying and welcoming individuals who are interested in receiving care from any of our Pittsburgh Mercy family of services. They are to utilize their shared lived experience and exceptional knowledge of accessing services in order to assist individuals in need while ensuring the voice and choice of those served are communicated. The Peers Support Specialist will facilitate contact with those identified to obtain and enter National Outcome Measures (NOMs) evaluation data and health indicator data into corresponding database systems (SPARS, Excel, etc.) for tracking population health management. They will assist with those identified for enrollment in services to support their high-touch engagement needs. They will promote wellness, empowerment, self-care and self-advocacy to help individuals identify and utilize supports, skills and strengths in their recovery. They will collaborate with other care team members to identify programs and service environments that are conducive to an individual’s recovery and work on overcoming barriers for individuals to link with services indicated. Peer Support Specialists will assist in engagement, awareness, support and community integration skills and work on identifying and removing barriers to access the treatment systems. They will utilize Wellness Coaching techniques and Shared Decision Making model techniques to achieve meeting the needs of those served. They are responsible for documenting all services provided.

ABOUT YOU

If you are a pleasant and welcoming individual that has the drive and determination to share your life experience and exceptional knowledge of accessing services for those in need; if you have the ability to promote wellness, empowerment, self-care and self- advocacy to help individuals identify/utilize supports, skills and strengths in their recovery – We’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

ABOUT PITTSBURGH MERCY

We’re a community-based health and human services organization using person-centered care to treat our area’s most vulnerable populations. We work with individuals and families in settings that are safe and familiar to them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care.

Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help – and hope – to people who are experiencing:

Mental illness and substance abuse

Physical health needs

Intellectual disabilities

Traumatic events or circumstances, including homelessness + abuse

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.