Peer Support Specialist - Addiction Medicine Program

Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

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This position is not eligible for H-1B sponsorship.

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The Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to hire a full-time Human Services Practitioner to serve as a Peer Support Specialist. This position will work with various aspects within the Addiction Medicine Program, including the outpatient STAR clinic and the ATLAS mobile clinic. The Peer Support Specialist utilizes their own experiences to offer individuals assistance in achieving stability and obtaining and maintaining the level of coping and basic life skills that is consistent with their treatment goals. The Peer Support Specialist will work within a treatment team in a collaborative environment. The Peer Support Specialist will assist with appropriate linkages, referrals, coordination, follow-up to needed support services, and direct care services.

A fundamental feature of Peer Support Specialist is that the services may be provided in the outpatient clinical setting as well as in the natural environment, which includes known and public locations excluding the Peer Support Specialist's home. The Peer Support Specialist assumes a lead role in assisting patients with their healthcare needs, including treatment for substance use, mental health and physical health. Through an integrated approach, the Peer Support Specialist utilizes their own experiences to offer individuals assistance in achieving stability and obtaining and maintaining the level of coping and basic life skills that is consistent with their treatment goals.

Responsibilities will include the following:

Associate's degree in a related Human Services discipline and two years of experience related to the area of assignment, or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Carrying, moving, and lifting items for outpatient and mobile clinic needs, not to exceed 35 pounds, with or without accommodation.

Not Applicable.

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