Peer Mentor Family Intensive Treatment

Job Details

Location:

Largo, FL 33773. Salary: $22.35/hr

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• 5 days of Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 16 Wellness Days and Holidays—including the week of Christmas off

This professional position provides peer mentor services to adults and families in the Families Intensive Treatment Program (FIT) under the Families First Division. The FIT program offers an intensive wraparound approach to engaging and working with parents who have at least one child under 10 years old and have entered the child welfare system due to parental substance misuse. The goal of these services is to reunify children with their families.

Services are delivered in the home, school, and community by a counselor and behavioral health case manager team, who work intensively with the parent and children to address the behaviors that led to referral to the FIT program.

Certified Peer Mentors support clients through a team‑based approach while helping them access community resources, system navigation, and voice their choices. The individual in this position will have lived experience in living with a Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) and will have previously navigated the legal system, the crisis behavioral health system, proven that recovery is possible, and that treatment works.

The Peer Mentor will be required to become a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) within six months of accepting the position.

This is a field position. The Peer Mentor is responsible for ensuring an annual client‑facing care number of 1,410 hours. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly, and annual client‑facing client care hours is an essential function of this position.

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Relevant lived experience in mental health or substance use treatment and recovery
• Peer certification required
• Ability to provide essential services to clients in emergency, pandemic, or disaster situations

Directions for Living is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/ADA/DFW

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