Peer Specialists I are individuals with lived experience who provide non-clinical support as a fully integrated treatment team member and educator for staff. Peer Specialists I are role models of recovery values and principles by helping to identify and remove barriers and triggers to treatment for individuals receiving services from inpatient or outpatient programs. **Responsibilities:** **Feedback and Communication** + Provide feedback to clients, families, and clinical staff. **Recovery Management** + Assist clients in recovery management, including goal setting, identifying barriers, and strategies. + Help clients find and use community supports and resources. **Advocacy** + Advocate for clients in meetings, voicing their viewpoints and goals. **Community Engagement** + Accompany clients to community activities and provide follow-up services. + Facilitate recovery and wellness groups; offer individual support. **Progress Monitoring** + Monitor progress and provide feedback. **Crisis Support** + Use crisis support to develop and implement action plans. **Documentation** + Maintain required paperwork and documentation promptly. + High School Diploma or equivalent. + Certified Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Specialist certification is preferred. + Have lived experience in one or more of the following areas: mental health, substance use disorder, the recovery process, and willing to share experiences to the benefit of clients/patients served. + Progressed in own recovery and have basic understanding of the recovery principles: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Empowerment Skills, Self-Advocacy, Educational Opportunities, and the importance of using personal and community Supports. + Able to articulate to clients/patients, families, and to interested stakeholders that peer support is a non-clinical service to promote recovery and wellness. + Basic understanding of mental health, wellness, and resiliency. + Familiar with Office 365 e.g., Microsoft Word, Outlook. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** + Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) + Commercial Driver License (CDL) + Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC) + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal + Act 33 with renewal + Act 34 with renewal + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal **_UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran_**