Peer Support Specialist

 

💠 Peer Support Specialist – Dual Diagnosis ACTT

📍 Asheville, NC
💰 $18.00 – $22.00/hour (based on education and experience)
🕘 Full-Time

Use your lived experience to empower others on their path to recovery.
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 high-intensity behavioral health services in the community, supporting individuals living with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.

As a Peer Support Specialist, you will play a vital role on a multidisciplinary team by using your own recovery experience—especially your lived experience within the criminal justice system—to build trust, provide hope, and support individuals as they work toward their goals.

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🌟 What You’ll Do

• Use lived experience to offer hope, mentorship, and guidance to individuals in recovery

• Collaborate as an active member of a multidisciplinary treatment team

• Develop and update treatment plans to reflect individual mental health/substance use goals

• Maintain accurate and timely client documentation, including medical records, ROI’s, CCP’s, and discharge/aftercare planning

• Participate in and rotate responsibility for documenting daily team meetings

• Provide or arrange transportation to help clients access community resources

• Design and facilitate weekly social, educational, and recovery-focused groups

• Conduct outreach, coordinate care, and maintain contact with referral sources

• Support crisis planning and response, which may include emergency assessments, hospital diversion, and commitment procedures (as needed)

• Other related duties as assigned

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📋 Requirements

• Current North Carolina Peer Support Specialist Certification

• High School Diploma or GED

• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

• Lived experience within the criminal justice system

• Strong communication and teamwork skills

• Passion for supporting recovery and community integration

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Be the voice of hope and recovery.
Join Pyramid Healthcare’s Dual Diagnosis ACTT in Asheville and use your experience to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.