CSG·Williamsport, Pennsylvania
The Peer Support Specialist uses personal recovery experience to coach and mentor individuals with mental illness toward self-directed recovery. They advocate for clients, utilize community resources, and help individuals articulate and achieve their recovery goals.
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A Peer Support Specialist is one who has progressed in their own recovery and promotes self-determination, personal responsibility, empowerment inherent in self-directed recovery, and assists individuals with mental illness in the individual’s recovery process. The Peer Support Specialist will use their personal experiences to assist individuals to better understand their illness and guide individuals to reconnect with community and work environments. The Peer Support Specialist reports directly to the Program Director or designee.
This position is part of our Adult Mental Health (MH) Services Peer Support Services.
PRN Flexible Hours based on the program's needs.
$12.50 per hour.
Supports and assists individuals in the recovery process through coaching, mentoring, and integrating with the community.
Identifies individuals’ abilities, strengths, and assets and assists them to recognize these strengths and use them to achieve their goals.
Provides support in interviewing individuals to obtain information regarding their satisfaction/dissatisfaction.
Serves as an advocate for support of individuals.
Utilizes community resources to promote community integration and individuals’ independence.
Assists individuals in articulating goals for recovery, helping monitor progress in treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self help strategies based on recovery experience.
Willing to learn and model the five principles of trauma informed care; safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment.
Commitment to promote cultural, racial, language and gender access, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ability to be comfortable sharing your own experience and demonstrate own efforts at self-directed recovery.
Ability to flexibly engage people based on their level of receptivity and individual needs, acknowledging that even the same person may need different types of individual-based services at different points in their recovery process.
Health Insurance & Benefits availability will vary.
Make a positive impact not only in someone else's life but in your own life by becoming a valued member of the CSG Team!
Community Services Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Workforce Diversity.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old with a high school diploma and a valid driver's license. Certification through the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) and a personal history of mental health recovery are required.
Market context
Behavioral health employers in Pennsylvania often seek candidates with direct patient care experience, and roles can be more competitive when applicants also bring phlebotomy certification or experience in crisis, detox, or acute psychiatric settings. This posting requires a high school diploma or GED plus at least one year of patient care experience, and the listed requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description to save you research time. If you’re considering applying, review whether your experience matches the setting and be ready to highlight any behavioral-health or phlebotomy background.
