Certified Peer Specialist

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do.

We are seeking Certified Peer Specialist to join our team in

our Delaware County location.

Earn $18.91 per hour.

Position Details

The CPS will be working in Supportive Employment focusing on barriers, maintaining recovery and issues that may cause the member to regress. The CPS is a peer that understands the recovery struggle and use different CPS approaches to support them to commit to recovery, choice, and empowerment.

Provide peer counseling and support to individuals seeking to enhance their quality of life. Encourage and support the enhancement of recovery through mentorship and the installment of hope and empowerment. Educate and model self-empowerment and self-responsibility as a core recovery-oriented principle guiding all aspects of service delivery. Identify community and natural supports and assist individuals with accessing and participating in such activities/events. Utilize one's own recovery experience to facilitate the completion of individual recovery plans.

Benefits

Merakey offers medical, dental - vision insurance plans, competitive compensation plans and more!

• DailyPay enrollment option

• Work/Life Balance

• Flexible Schedules

• Cell Phone Discount Plans

• Employee Referral Bonuses

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Care.com Membership

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey.

Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Certified Peer Specialist license in the state of Pennsylvania required.

• A High School Diploma/GED.

• Must have maintained, within the last three (3) years, at least twelve (12) months of successful, part time paid or voluntary work experience or one year of post-secondary education experience totaling twenty-four (24) credit hours.

• 1 year of experience working with Mental/Behavioral health adults preferred.