At Coastal Horizons, our mission is to provide a continuum of professional services to promote healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities. We are currently seeking a motivated and passionate Peer Support Specialist to join our dynamic team. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a difference, we invite you to explore the exciting positions available with us.
JOB TITLE: Peer Support Specialist – Moore County
LOCATION: Southern Pines, NC (Moore County)
SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Job Duties / Responsibilities:
The Peer Support Specialist will provide recovery-based support for Coastal Horizons Flourishing Families Program located in Southern Pines, NC. This program services parenting women with a substance use disorder, her children, and her identified supports. The Peer Support Specialist is an integral part of Coastal Horizons Center’s team approach for integrated behavioral health care. The Peer Support Specialist works with referred clients to access and engage in substance use treatment, mental health services, medication management, and community-based resources. This role focuses on improving client outcomes by facilitating connections to medication management, coordinating care, providing education, modeling positive recovery behaviors, and fostering trust between clients and their clinical and medical providers. The Peer Support Specialist also supports clients in connecting with community recovery programs, strengthening communication, and ensuring continuity of care.
Responsibilities include teaching, mentoring, and monitoring clients on issues related to their treatment and recovery goals. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the Peer Support Specialist collaborates with care team members to coordinate patient education, preventive services, and ongoing recovery management.
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Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter through our Careers Page If you require an accommodation during the application process, please contact us at jobs@coastalhorizons.org
We look forward to reviewing your application!
EEO STATEMENT
Coastal Horizons is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our associates.
The mission of Coastal Horizons is to promote choices for healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities. We are the largest private, non-profit human service organization in southeastern North Carolina. With over 600 employees, we serve over half the counties in North Carolina. Nationally accredited by CARF, Coastal Horizons provides a broad range of evidence-based professional services. These include substance use, mental health, crisis intervention, family preservation, transitional living, school-based health, primary care, justice, and veteran services. From addressing the needs of an adult dealing with opioid dependence, a counselor responding to a sexual assault call at the hospital, a child in need of safe shelter and/or psychiatric services, to providing care management to an individual recently released from incarceration, Coastal Horizons is uniquely equipped to ensure public health stability.
