Certified Peer Support
Haven House
Certified Peer Support
Full Time • Haven House
Responsive recruiter
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
About the Role:
Haven House in Allentown, PA is looking for a compassionate and dedicated Certified Peer Support Specialist to join our team. This is a meaningful opportunity to use your own lived experience to inspire hope, build connections, and empower individuals on their recovery journey. If you're passionate about making a real difference in people's lives, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Provide peer support services by drawing on personal lived experience with mental health or substance use recovery
- Build trusting, strength-based relationships with individuals to promote self-advocacy and independence
- Assist clients in developing and achieving personal wellness and recovery goals
- Connect individuals with community resources, support groups, and social services
- Document client interactions and progress in accordance with program guidelines
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary treatment teams to support holistic care plans
- Model recovery principles and coping strategies in daily interactions
Requirements:
- Current Pennsylvania Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) certification required
- Personal lived experience with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders
- Strong communication, active listening, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries while building authentic peer relationships
- Familiarity with community resources and social services in the Allentown/Lehigh Valley area preferred
- Basic computer skills for documentation and reporting purposes
- Reliable, empathetic, and committed to trauma-informed, person-centered care
About Us:
Haven House is a trusted behavioral health organization serving the Allentown, PA community with a commitment to compassionate, recovery-focused care. Our clients choose us because we meet them where they are — without judgment — and our staff stay because they feel valued, supported, and inspired by the work they do every day. At Haven House, you're not just an employee; you're a vital part of a mission-driven team changing lives.
Compensation: $17.95 per hour
About Us
Mission: Empower individuals to overcome barriers in their lives, provide them with support, and an opportunity to reach their full potential.
Vision: Create a stigma-free community in which those with barriers can thrive towards independence and accomplishment.
Since 1957, Haven House has provided mental health services to the Lehigh County and Northampton County residents. Our mission is to improve and elevate the independence of individuals having mental illness while supporting recovery and enhancing their quality of life.
Vision: Create a stigma-free community in which those with barriers can thrive towards independence and accomplishment.
Since 1957, Haven House has provided mental health services to the Lehigh County and Northampton County residents. Our mission is to improve and elevate the independence of individuals having mental illness while supporting recovery and enhancing their quality of life.
The commitment we have for our clients fuels our desire to see them reach their goals for healing, recovery, health, and wellness. Our outpatient community mental health care clinic provides several levels of care in psychiatric services, medication management, and therapy through:
- Outpatient Services
- On-site Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
- Mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
- Wellness Recovery
- Support and Therapy groups
- Mental Health & Aging
- Community outreach and collaboration
- STARTS
Our caring staff of mental health professionals collaborates across programs and services so that we can provide our clients with person-centered and strengths-based personalized treatment and care. We strive to make each client feel respected and accepted.
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