Family Peer Support Specialist

Application Deadline: Until Filled

This is a full time position in person position.

Duties

Being a peer specialist who has gone through similar journeys that many of our clients/families are currently on is a deeply impactful role and an important perspective that we highly value on our team. Join our multidisciplinary Community Mental Health & Wellness team at Wilder and help us provide services that support our community's mental wellness; these services are critical to Wilder's mission of improving lives today and for generations to come As a peer specialist at Wilder, you will participate as a member of multidisciplinary teams, providing comprehensive in-home and community-based rehabilitative mental health services to individuals living with mental illness, or to parents/family members who are caregivers of a child with mental illness. This may include individualized peer supports that address a person/family's recovery goals and skill development. In addition, the peer specialist may perform some case management and coordination of services. If hired as a bilingual staff - the peer specialist will interact with clients by speaking English and another language.

Wilder is a first-implementer Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). As part of this innovative model of mental health care, we collaborate closely with other service partners to ensure coordinated, integrated care for clients and their families. While we are set up to serve the entire community, we are known nationally for our culturally-specific mental health services. Join a team who brings their diverse identities, cultures, lived experiences and skills to provide mental health and wellness services that are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and impactful for the whole family.

Job Qualifications

If applying as a mental health peer specialist, you must have a certification as a mental health peer specialist. If you are not yet certified, you must be willing to complete the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) approved Certified Peer Specialist training and certification exam, be aged 18 or older, have or have had a mental health diagnosis, and be a current or former recipient of mental health services. If you are given a conditional offer of employment, Wilder will enroll you and pay you to attend this course.

If applying as a family peer specialist, you must have a certification as a family peer specialist. If you are not yet certified, you must be willing to complete the Department of Human Services-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certification exam, be at least 21 years of age, have raised or are currently raising a child with a mental illness, be currently navigating or have experience navigating the children's mental health system. If you are given a conditional offer of employment, Wilder will enroll you and pay you to attend this course.

Successful candidates will have the ability to connect with individuals and/or families who are engaged in the mental health system, have an understanding of recovery, deep compassion, respect and passion for the people and communities we serve, ability to advocate with and for clients, collaborate with clients, families, and multiple service providers to ensure that clients and their families are getting the best care for them, have experience being around and working with diverse and multi-lingual communities, and experience with time management. We highly encourage Black, Indigenous and other People of Color as well as bilingual individuals (especially in Hmong, Khmer, Karen, Vietnamese, or Spanish) to apply.

About Wilder 

When you work at Wilder, you will join a diverse community of passionate individuals who are committed to the Wilder mission and dedicated to serving whole families. Our workplace diversity strengthens our mission and contributes to our vision of individuals and families thriving in St. Paul and beyond.

 We offer a dynamic Total Rewards package, which includes competitive compensation and benefits – health, dental, employer-matched 401(k), PTO, paid family, medical and caregiver leave, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and employee wellness programs. In addition, you will have access to professional development opportunities, including development funding, tuition discounts, and training. You will also have access to Wilder's employee resource groups, and other opportunities available to all employees. Eligible federal loans may also qualify for deferment through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). 

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that creates lasting, positive change through direct services, research and advocacy. Learn more at

Online Application Information

Our application system works best using Chrome and attaching documents in PDF or Word format. Postings close at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

There are four sections to the application process, please follow these instructions carefully: 

1. Contact information. Be sure to fill out all of the required fields (marked with a red *).
2. Verification of email address. Enter the code sent to your email address.
3. Enter Address
4. Resume and cover letter section. First upload your resume in the resume section then upload your cover letter and any other required documents mentioned in the job posting in the second upload area.
5. Questions. Answer "How did you hear about this job/posting?" question and other required questions if applicable. 
6. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Questions (EEO). We are required to ask these questions to meet state and federal compliance requirements. Your response is voluntary. If you prefer not to answer these questions you can skip them but you must check the box labeled "I have read the above invitation to self-identify as an individual with a disability"
7. Review and Edit. Here you can review and edit sections as necessary.

Job offers will be contingent on the successful applicants' proof of authorization to work in the United States and the results of a background check related to the job requirements. 

Wilder is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the Amherst H Wilder foundation to provide an equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons.