Peer Support Specialist

2 weeks ago


Bowling Green, United States Harbor Full time

Harbor is looking for a mental health provider who delivers professional care in the appropriate setting to patients and potentially their families who are experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness. This person functions as a peer support to clients and assists other mental health providers in carrying out any and all relevant activities and tasks.

Position is contingnet, and candidate will work primarily 1st shift with Tuesday late night until 7:00PM and Saturday 1st shift

Education/Experience/Other Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Present and/or past experience as a mental health client with a serious mental illness.
  • Must obtain Ohio Peer Supporter Certification within 60 days of hire.
  • Must possess the skills necessary to help clients achieve and maintain their highest level of functioning by striving for successful community living.
  • Must have the ability to offer a unique perspective of serious mental illness because of his/her own experience of the process of recovering from a psychiatric disorder.
  • Must be proficient and accurate in computer use, including Microsoft Word.
  • Must be at least 23 years of age, have valid Driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and be deemed insurable through Harbor’s vehicle insurance carrier. For Connection Center Peer Support: Must remain up-to-date on annual Defensive Driving for 15-Passenger Vans training requirement.
  • Certified Peer Supporters must maintain current continuing education and requirements for renewal for their certificate. CPR/First Aid and NCI/CPI Certifications required within 90 days of employment.
  • Must successfully demonstrate the basic competencies for CPST services, as determined by your supervisor’s review, within 90 days of hire.
Essential Job Competencies/Primary Duties:

  1. Uses experiences with personal recovery in assisting and supporting clients on an ongoing basis.
  2. Assists treatment team in the assessment and therapeutic engagement of clients residing in the community and in the hospital.
  3. Assists clients in identifying, using, and accessing family, neighborhood, community support services, and achieving community integration.
  4. Assists team, clients, and staff members in completing documentation necessary to determine eligibility for community resources.
  5. Follows crisis prevention/intervention protocols.
  6. Assists in the teaching of daily living skills. This includes teaching and assistance in medically necessary services such as riding/utilizing public transportation, maintaining appointments, exploring education and employment opportunities, etc., when such are challenging or made impossible due to the interference of the client’s psychiatric symptoms.
  7. Acts as advocate for client to secure needed services.
  8. Transports or accompanies clients to appointments, meetings, and entitlement programs (Medicaid, Housing, Disability, etc.) as medically necessary.
  9. Assists other providers to help ensure clients maintain financial entitlements, representative payee services, and linkage to appropriate vocational resources.


About Harbor:
  • A leading provider of mental health and substance use treatment for over 100 years
  • 350+ clinical staff serve over 24,000 clients across multiple locations and in the community each year
  • Services ranging from counseling, pharmacological management, primary care, psychological testing, case management, substance use treatment, residential services, vocational program, and more


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