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Peer Support Specialist – Rapid Response Team (Conway, NH)
Northern Human Services – Conway, NH
$19.59/hour · 35 hours/week · Full Benefits
Help make a difference in your community by supporting individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. As part of Northern Human Services’ Rapid Response Team, you’ll work both in the Memorial Hospital ER and out in the community, offering compassion, stability, and hope to those in need.
What You’ll Do:
- Support individuals in crisis through peer connection and recovery-focused care.
- Partner with nurses, doctors, and clinicians in the ER to provide compassionate assistance.
- Deploy with a teammate to meet clients in the community as part of the Rapid Response Team.
- Use your lived experience, CPSS or CRSW training (or comparable experience), to guide clients toward treatment and recovery resources.
What We Offer:
- $19.59/hour, 35 hours per week
- Full benefits: health, dental, vision, and retirement
- Collaborative, mission-driven work environment in Conway, NH
Be part of a team that believes in recovery, dignity, and hope.
Apply today and help others find their path forward.
Northern Human Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any protected class under federal or state law. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Employment with Northern Human Services is at-will. All offers are contingent upon successful background and reference checks and required credential verification. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and complete I-9 verification upon hire.”
Pay: From $19.59 per hour
Expected hours: 35 per week
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20