Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities.
Pyramid Healthcare offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare defined by supportive environments that offer patients the strength they need to overcome life’s challenges. We offer behavioral healthcare services – psychiatry, addiction recovery, mental disorder treatment, etc. – that allow clients at all stages of recovery or rehabilitation to reclaim health and well-being.
📍 Asheville, NC
💰 $18.00–$22.00/hour, based on education and experience
🕘 Full-Time
Pyramid Healthcare is seeking a compassionate and motivated Peer Support Specialist to join our Dual Diagnosis Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) in Asheville, NC.
Our ACTT program provides intensive, community-based behavioral health services to individuals living with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders
As a Peer Support Specialist, you’ll use your own recovery experience to build trust, provide hope, and help individuals work toward greater stability, independence, and recovery.
Lived experience within the criminal justice system is strongly preferred. Experience navigating incarceration, probation, parole, court involvement, or other aspects of the justice system can provide valuable perspective when supporting individuals facing similar challenges.
Use lived experience to provide hope, mentorship, encouragement, and peer support
Build trusting relationships with clients and support their individual recovery goals
Collaborate as an active member of the multidisciplinary ACTT team
Support individualized mental health and substance use treatment goals
Maintain accurate and timely client documentation, including medical records, ROIs, CCPs, and discharge/aftercare planning
Participate in daily team meetings and rotate responsibility for meeting documentation
Provide or coordinate transportation to help clients access appointments and community resources
Develop and facilitate weekly social, educational, and recovery-focused groups
Conduct outreach and coordinate care with referral sources and community partners
Assist with crisis planning and response, including emergency assessments and hospital diversion when needed
Promote recovery, community integration, independence, and self-advocacy
Perform other duties as assigned
Current North Carolina Peer Support Specialist Certification
High school diploma or GED
Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
Strong communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries while using lived experience effectively
Passion for supporting individuals with mental health and substance use challenges
Preferred:
Lived experience within the criminal justice system
Experience supporting individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders
Experience working in a community-based behavioral health setting
✨ $18.00–$22.00/hour, based on education and experience
✨ Full-time opportunity with a collaborative ACTT team
✨ Meaningful work supporting individuals in the community
✨ Training and professional development opportunities
✨ Supportive, mission-driven work environment
✨ Opportunities for career growth within Pyramid Healthcare
Your lived experience can be a powerful tool for helping someone else recognize that recovery is possible.
If you’re a certified Peer Support Specialist who is passionate about helping others navigate recovery—and especially if you have personal experience with the criminal justice system—we’d love to hear from you.
Join Pyramid Healthcare’s Dual Diagnosis ACTT team in Asheville and help turn experience into hope, connection, and recovery.
Apply today.
Pyramid CORE Values:
We are committed and proud to live our CORE values and use them to inspire those around us. Our employees are expected to align with these values, behaviors, and standards. We are held accountable for upholding these CORE Values: INTEGRITY is striving to be honest, transparent, and ethical when dealing with clients, staff, and the community. DEDICATION is demonstrating an unwavering commitment to always provide exceptional care and support to those we serve is needed daily. COLLABORATION is a steadfast, team-focused approach; working together to achieve excellence. PASSION is genuine, compelling, and relentless desire to improve lives and support Pyramid Healthcare’s mission.
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Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. is proud of its diverse workforce, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Welcome to Pyramid Healthcare.
A premier provider of high quality, behavioral health care founded in 1999 and headquartered in central Pennsylvania, we operate over 80 facilities across the Commonwealth, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia and offer a full continuum of mental health, substance use and and recovery services for adults and teens.
Our dedicated admissions representatives are available to schedule confidential assessments and admissions, recommend appropriate treatment options, assist with insurance verification and facilitate complimentary transportation to and from our detoxification and inpatient program locations.
Our facilities are accredited by CARF or The Joint Commission and staffed by licensed and qualified professionals.
