Peer Support Specialist at PeerStar (various locations in PA)

Employer Name:

PeerStar

Location:

various locations in PA

Position:

Peer Support Specialist

Hours:

Part-Time/Full-Time

Position Description:

Are you passionate about helping others conquer their mental health obstacles with your own lived experience? As a Certified Peer Support Specialist, you’ll provide hope, understanding, and empowerment through shared experience—making a real difference every day and friendships to last a lifetime.

  • Inspire hope in individuals through community-based 1:1 peer support
  • Your job is designed to promote empowerment and self-determination
  • Building trust through your lived experience and offering tools to help others achieve growth

Job Requirements:

  • Knowledge of and experience in the recovery process from having a mental health diagnosis and having reached a point in your recovery pathway where you can positively support others in similar situations
  • Eighteen (18) years of age and older
  • Have a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (preferred)
  • Has completed a peer specialist certification training curriculum approved by the state Of Pennsylvania
  • Criminal History Clearances – PA State Police Clearance, Child Abuse, FBI

Instructions on how to apply:

Peerstar is hiring across Pennsylvania, serving the following counties:

  • Allegheny
  • Armstrong
  • Bedford
  • Berks
  • Bethlehem
  • Blair
  • Cambria
  • Carbon
  • Centre
  • Clearfield
  • Cumberland
  • Dauphin
  • Delaware
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Huntingdon
  • Indiana
  • Jefferson
  • Juniata
  • Lackawanna
  • Lancaster
  • Lebanon
  • Lehigh
  • Luzerne
  • Mifflin
  • Monroe
  • Northampton
  • Perry
  • Philadelphia
  • Pike
  • Somerset
  • Susquehanna
  • Wayne
  • Westmoreland
  • Wyoming

Call or text us at: 814-759-3179
https://www.peerstarllc.com/join-peerstar