Job Description

Job Location: 1700 EDUCATION AVE - PUNTA GORDA, FL 33950
Position Type: Part TimeEducation
Level: High School
Salary Range: $16.50 - $18.10 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
- Provides practical advice, suggestions, and strategies of recovery to patients as an empowering helper with the perspective of being a recipient of services in the past.
- Provide one-on-one and group sessions.
- Interact with patients in the general milieu; focusing on current recovery and tools used to be successful.
- Provide hope, support, education, and assist patients in setting recovery goals.
- Provide input, as part of the treatment team, on the patient’s care.
- Document in patient record.
- Provide therapeutic milieu monitoring and safety management.
Benefits
Full-time
- Dental, vision, health, and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employer sponsored contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA), with qualifying insurance plan.
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
- 11 paid holidays.
Must meet eligibility requirements
- 403b Retirement Plan, with 9% employer contribution for those who meet eligibility requirements.
- Tuition reimbursement, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible, and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) loan repayment eligible for qualifying staff.

Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Peer Specialist certification, preferred. Certification is required within one (1) year of hire date.
- Peer Specialist on an inpatient psychiatric unit preferred.
- Able to manage stressful situations and display appropriate work demeanor and boundaries.
- Ability to pass a level II Background clearance and drug test.
For more information regarding the Level II Background Screening click here: https://info.flclearinghouse.com