Job Title: TASC Peer Support Specialist

Location: Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick Counties

Hours: 40 hours/week, Full Time, M-F, Non-Exempt

Coastal Horizons Center seeks a dedicated and qualified Certified Peer Support Specialist to join our team. This position offers a unique opportunity to support justice-involved individuals by providing peer support services within the TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities) program. The ideal candidate will collaborate with the TASC Care Manager, community partners/resources, justice systems, and service providers to help individuals access housing, transportation, employment, and medical services. We have this specific opportunity located in:

Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick Counties (Whiteville, NC is the primary office)

The PSS promotes consumer engagement in TASC or other justice-related services, therapy with clinicians, engagement with psychiatric appointments, involvement and engagement with wellness services and recovery support, and engagement with primary care; completes all tracking and reporting requirements for outcomes and evaluation and documents services provided; and assists clients in a variety of ways – transportation, sharing of personal recovery stories, etc. The PSS works directly with the Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick County TASC Care Managers to ensure continuity of care and engages in a team approach in the provision of services with TASC, probation, treatment providers, and support services.

REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Diploma/Equivalent or higher, combined with knowledge of wellness and recovery-based concepts. Lived experiences with mental health and/or substance use disorders and at least one year of recovery. Must have completed the Peer Support Specialist Certification Program.

Salary: The salary range for the position is $39,000-$41-000, medical/dental insurance, life insurance, LTD disability insurance, retirement savings plan/401K, and paid time off programs.

Please mail, fax, or email your resume and cover letter to: (no phone calls please)

Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.

ATTN: TASC AC

615 Shipyard Blvd.

Wilmington, NC. 28412

Fax: 910-790-0189

Email: jobs@coastalhorizons.org