Certified Peer Specialist – Youth – Coffee C

Location: Coffee CandA | 1005 Shirley Ave., Douglas Closing date: Open until filled

Hourly Rate: $16.06 – $18.70

Job Description: Youth Certified Peer Specialist (CPS-Y) – An individual who is a young adult, age 18 through 26, with experience living with a mental health or substance use condition or both, who has received behavioral health services as a youth, is willing and able to self-identify as a person living with a behavioral health condition and is prepared to use that experience in helping other youth/young adults living with similar behavioral health conditions. The CPS-Y offers emotional support, shares knowledge, works with individuals to identify tools of wellness/resiliency/recovery available for everyday life, provides practical assistance, and connects people with resources, opportunities and communities of support. Youth CPSs are not counselors, caseworkers or clinicians. Every candidate is required to take and pass a test to get certified as a CPS-Y.

Job Responsibilities: Monday – Thursday; 7:30 AM – 6 PM

Competencies: Peer specialist must be living in recovery and, able to publicly describe and model to others the things that they learned that helped them to wellness. Describe what you have had to overcome to get where you are today. Describe some of the things that you do daily to keep yourself on the path of recovery. Describe what your diagnosis means, how it impacted your life and what things you did to change that. Help others understand that recovery is possible.

Required Minimum Qualifications: Be 18-26 years of age (valid Georgia ID); have a high school diploma or GED; and:

Have a mental health (MH) condition, substance use disorder (SUD), or a co-occurring diagnosis; and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance use diagnosis; and

Be able/willing to actively seek and manage your own appropriate care; and

Be able to share their own personal story in a safe and appropriate way.

Must be well grounded in recovery wellness

One year between diagnosis and application to training

If the individual has a substance use condition, there must be one year continuous abstinent from substance use

Provide (2) letters of reference.

Contact Dana McCrary, Parent and Youth Peer Specialist Coordinator, at [cpsparent.youth@dbhdd.ga.gov]{rel=”noopener” target=”blank”} to apply for CPS-Y certification.

Additional notes: Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification. This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified. Unison BH is a tobacco-free campus.