Hub Peer Support Specialist

• Job Categories:
  Peer Support Specialist
• Job Types: Full Time
• Job Location s:
  Raleigh NC
• Salary: $18-21 per hour

Full-time role. Pay is $18 – $21/hr based on experience. Benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, sick time, PTO, 401K, EAP, life insurance (optional), and short-term/long-term disability.

Promise Resource Network is a nonprofit survivor-led organization that disrupts illness-based approaches to mental health and substance use by understanding the impacts of trauma and supporting healing, wellness, and recovery.

The Hub Peer Support Specialist is a key member of the PRN team, providing compassionate, trauma-informed, person-centered peer support services within the Recovery Hub, including the Recovery Café and harm reduction programs. This role helps create a safe, inclusive, and empowering space for individuals on their recovery journey. This position is ideal for someone with lived experience of recovery from substance use, mental health challenges, or both, who is passionate about harm reduction, mutual aid, and community wellness.

The Peer Support Specialist position will assist in daily activities at the Recovery Hub, including the Recovery Cafe and Harm Reduction. These responsibilities include providing peer support, facilitating classes, conducting outreach to community partners, inventory management, and sharing lived experience with community members that attend the hub/cafe. The peer support specialist support focuses on increasing the individual’s desire to live as independently as possible and being an active participant in their recovery journey while reestablishing their community roles related to the 8 dimensions of wellness as defined by SAMSHA.

(ex. Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, Occupational, Social, Intellectual, Environmental, Financial). They will be responsible for ensuring a welcoming and inclusive environment, assisting visitors with inquiries, and providing administrative support to the organization and leadership team. The Peer Support Specialist will provide administrative support to the organization by utilizing multiple EHR systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and other applications as identified.

• Welcome and engage guests at the Recovery Café, creating a trauma-informed, non-judgmental environment.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate recovery circles, peer groups, or wellness activities as needed.
• Assist with operations of the Café including setup, cleanliness, and tracking member participation.
• Provide support to guests navigating recovery resources, including emotional support, goal-setting, and advocacy.
• Promote and maintain the principles of the Recovery Café model: radical hospitality, loving accountability, and community healing.

• Support individuals who use substances with non-coercive, judgment-free care rooted in harm reduction principles.
• Assist with distribution of harm reduction supplies (e.g., naloxone, safer use kits) and provide education around safe use practices.
• Offer linkage to services including detox, MAT (Medication-Assisted Treatment), syringe services, housing, or mental health support.
• Engage in street outreach, tabling events, or community education efforts to build trust and reduce stigma around substance use and mental health.
• Track and report supply usage and engagement data in accordance with program requirements.

• Build authentic, mutual relationships based on shared experience, empathy, and respect.
• Provide one-on-one peer support focused on self-directed recovery goals, navigating systems, and building resilience.
• Model recovery and wellness through healthy boundaries,…