Floating Peer Specialist

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Full Time Position

Floating Position: Must be comfortable floating between multiple positions for various team and programs.

Experience Requirement: 1+ Years of relevant experience.

Additional Requirements: Valid Driver's License, some driving is required.

New Narrative offers a comprehensive range of mental health services to individuals in the greater Portland area. We work closely and collaboratively with each participant to develop personalized wellness plans that reflect their unique goals. Our programs include outpatient and residential mental health treatment, transitional and permanent housing, peer support, wellness services, and more, all tailored to meet the specific needs of those we serve.

The Floating Peer Support Specialist provides short- to medium-term coverage for peer support roles across multiple New Narrative programs, ensuring continuity of participant services and team stability during staff absences, transitions, and periods of increased demand.

This position is a critical cross-program resource that may be assigned to housing, residential, outreach, forensic, drop‑in, and youth services programs. The role requires adaptability, strong learning agility, and the ability to integrate quickly into new environments while maintaining fidelity to peer support values.

Because New Narrative’s peer services are rooted in community and relational engagement, this position includes both community-based and site-based support and requires the ability to drive participants safely to appointments, community activities, and essential services. Reliable transportation and readiness to travel between sites are essential functions of this position, as the work cannot be performed effectively without them.

Assignments are typically several weeks to several months. The standard schedule is Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., though flexibility (with notice) may occasionally be required to support programs operating evenings or weekends.

• Provide direct peer support services using trauma‑informed, person‑centered, and recovery-oriented approaches in both community and site-based settings.
• Model and uphold the National Association of Peer Supporters (NAPS) Guidelines, Intentional Peer Support principles, and SAMHSA’s Core Competencies for Peer Workers.
• Build and maintain supportive relationships with participants, sharing lived experience appropriately to promote hope, empowerment, and self-determination.
• Collaborate with participants to develop and pursue individualized Wellness and Recovery Plans.
• Seek feedback from participants and adjust services as needed.
• Model assertive engagement strategies and advise staff on personalized approaches for participants.
• Facilitate or co‑facilitate peer‑led groups, community integration activities, and skill-building sessions that align with program goals.
• Provide community-based peer support in participants’ natural environments, including homes, shelters, or public settings, as appropriate.
• Support with connecting to community resources, housing, employment support, benefits, and other social determinants of health in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive participants safely to appointments, meetings, or community resources as part of individualized service plans.
• Apply harm reduction and multiple-pathways-to-recovery principles consistently across all environments.
• Provide consistent support for program operations, including de‑escalation and participant engagement. Assist with screenings, move‑ins, move‑outs, and activities as needed.
• Offer milieu support, modeling person‑centered social interactions with participants.

• Rapidly learn and implement site‑specific workflows, documentation systems, and procedures with minimal supervision after initial training.
• Demonstrate independent follow-through on assigned duties and participant support tasks once oriented to a site.
• Maintain reliable attendance and punctuality to ensure service consistency and minimize disruption to participant care.
• Communicate proactively…