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Certified Peer Support Specialist - Adult Services
Job in
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, 48076, USA
Listed on 2026-01-12
Listing for:
Easterseals MORC
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Community Health
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Certified Peer Support Specialist - Adult Services
Easterseals MORC is hiring for a Certified Peer Support Specialist to help make a difference and become part of something bigger than yourself. We are looking for game changers—individuals who wake up excited to make a difference and care about the people they serve.
Benefits of Being a Superhero!- Low-cost Dental, Health, and Vision insurance
- Dependent care reimbursement and up to 5 days paid FMLA for maternity, paternity, foster care, and adoption
- Generous 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid leave options available
- Up to $125 bonus for taking 5 days off in a row
- 10 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays (over 30 days total of paid time off)
- Wellness programs
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Employer
- Bonuses and extra incentives for hard work and dedication
- Mileage reimbursement at IRS rate
- Free financial planning services through partners
- Student loan repayment options
- Pet insurance
- Be a Certified Peer Support Specialist
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Have a high school diploma or GED
- Primary diagnosis of a mental health condition
- Have strong personal knowledge of lived experience with a substantial life disruption
- Be a recipient of mental health treatment and/or services for at least one year
- Have personal experience navigating complex mental health treatment services
- Self-identify as having a mental health condition with a substantial life disruption and share your recovery story in supporting others
- Engage individuals in a welcoming, hopeful, empathetic manner even during acute phases
- Collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate services for psychiatric and substance use disorder consumers in the urgent care setting
- Deliver urgent care services to persons presenting with complex needs in physical, mental, and substance abuse areas
- Share mental health story through lived experience of moving from hopelessness to hope
- Assist individuals with completing self-screening tools such as PHQ-9, PTSD-5, AUDIT/AUDIT-C, and AHC
- Integrate physical and mental health care, including developing wellness plans
- Develop, implement, and provide health and wellness supports to address preventable risk factors for chronic conditions
- Advocate and assist with opportunities to engage in self-directed care
- Provide supportive services during and after urgent or crisis situations
- Assist with referring and guiding individuals for accessing benefits, public assistance, housing assistance, and community resources
- Assist individuals in identifying changes in behavior, attitude, feeling, and thought that trigger relapse and develop relapse prevention/crisis plans
- Create clear and understandable crisis plans with individuals
- Assist individuals in determining goals and objectives that will help reach recovery; assist in creating relapse prevention strategies (WRAP)
Easterseals MORC was awarded Metro Detroit and West Michigan 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For!
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