Top 4 Certified peer specialist Jobs in Albany, Ga

Forensic Peer Mentor
Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services —Albany, GA
- $30,784 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Commuter assistance
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Certified Peer Specialist
Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services —Albany, GA
- $17.16 an hour
- High school diploma or GED
- Bachelor's degree
- Fingerprint clearance
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Certified Addictions Counselor
Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services —Albany, GA
- $33,042.45 - $42,703.38 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Commuter assistance
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Child Life Specialist - NICU
Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. —Albany, GA
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Inpatient
- Mid-level

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Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services —Albany, GA
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Forensic Peer Mentor

Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services -
Albany, GA

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Job Details

Full-time
$30,784 a year

Benefits

Commuter assistance

Qualifications

Working with individuals with mental health conditions

Full Job Description

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Position Title: Forensic Peer Mentor
Position Number: Date: 7/7/26
Employee:
Work Unit: DCOP County: Dougherty
Immediate Supervisor's Title: Eastern Counties Coordinator
List positions supervised through immediate contact:
Number: Title:
QUALIFICATIONS (including physical requirements)
Forensic Peer Specialist Certificate or eligibility to obtain

EQUIPMENT THAT REQUIRES SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE:
NONE
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN CATEGORY (check one)
____ Employee routinely performs tasks that involve exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material as part of their assigned duties (Category I).
____ Employee performs assigned tasks which does not involve exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material, BUT employment may require performing unplanned category I tasks (Category II).
__x__ Employee performs assigned tasks which involve no exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material AND performance of category I tasks are not a condition of employment (Category III).
MANDATORY TRAINING CATEGORY (Check One)
__x__ Administrative __x__ Direct Care ____ Medical
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Aspire Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability's goal is to continually improve the delivery of service by improvement of individual outcomes and satisfaction. All employees have a role in performance improvement and are expected to interact collaboratively with co-workers and other contacts to provide consistent, high-quality, individually focused services.
G. SPECIAL NEEDS OF POPULATION SERVED
(Age Related, Cultural and Linguistic Competence)
Work requires the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the comprehensive needs and dynamics of individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorders, co-occurring conditions, and justice involvement in a correctional setting. The Forensic Peer Mentor utilizes lived experience with recovery and/or justice involvement to provide peer support services that foster hope, engagement, self-advocacy, resilience, and successful community reintegration.
Under the general supervision of the Outpatient Program Coordinator, the Forensic Peer Mentor provides recovery coaching, peer support, education, advocacy, engagement, discharge planning support, and linkage to community resources for incarcerated individuals preparing to transition back into the community. The Forensic Peer Mentor collaborates with correctional staff, behavioral health providers, medical personnel, community partners, and peer specialists to promote recovery-oriented care and continuity of services following release.
Staff should be able to:
a. Work under the direction of the Outpatient Program Coordinator to ensure the effective delivery of Jail In-Reach peer support services.
b. Utilize lived experience to establish trusting, recovery-oriented relationships with justice-involved individuals and engage participants in behavioral health and recovery services.
c. Provide individual and group peer support services that promote hope, recovery, wellness, resilience, and successful community reintegration.
d. Assist participants in identifying personal strengths, developing self-advocacy skills, setting recovery goals, and increasing motivation to engage in treatment and recovery supports.
e. Maintain timely, accurate, and complete documentation in accordance with agency policies, DBHDD standards, correctional facility requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines. Complete monthly and other outcome reporting as required by the Program Coordinator and justice leadership.
f. Collaborate with multidisciplinary treatment teams, correctional staff, behavioral health providers, probation/parole officers, community agencies, and other stakeholders to support coordinated care and successful reentry.
g. Assist participants with discharge and reentry planning by facilitating connections to community behavioral health services, substance use treatment, peer support, recovery community organizations, housing resources, employment services, educational opportunities, transportation, benefits, and other recovery supports.
h. Provide education regarding recovery, wellness, relapse prevention, harm reduction, overdose prevention, coping strategies, community resources, and navigating behavioral health and criminal justice systems.
i. Demonstrate the ability to establish professional peer relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries, confidentiality, ethical standards, and adherence to correctional facility security protocols.
j. Participate in staff meetings, multidisciplinary case staffing, required trainings, supervision, quality improvement activities, and other program initiatives.
k. Perform other duties as assigned.
H. ASSIGNED DUTIES
DESCRIPTION OF WORK DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Type in or attach current description of duties. Employees are expected to perform their work in a competent and efficient manner. Include % of time.)
Duties Include:
Ability to provide recovery-oriented peer support services to justice-involved individuals within a correctional setting while collaborating effectively with clinical, correctional, and community partners. Responsibilities include engaging participants through the use of lived experience; providing individual and group peer mentoring and recovery coaching; assisting individuals in identifying strengths and developing personal recovery goals; promoting hope, wellness, and self-advocacy; documenting peer support services in accordance with agency and regulatory standards; participating in multidisciplinary treatment planning and case staffing; assisting with discharge and reentry planning; facilitating referrals and warm handoffs to community behavioral health providers, peer support programs, substance use treatment, housing, employment, education, transportation, and other recovery resources; educating participants regarding recovery, wellness, harm reduction, and community supports; maintaining compliance with correctional facility policies and procedures; promoting participant engagement in services; and contributing to improved recovery outcomes, reduced recidivism, increased community stability, and successful transition from incarceration to community-based care. Employees are expected to perform all assigned duties in a competent, ethical, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, recovery-oriented, and person-centered manner while adhering to Aspire BHDD policies, DBHDD Certified Peer Specialist standards, and applicable state and federal regulations.

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