Certified Adult Peer Support Specialist - I-ACE Team
- LocationLouisville, Kentucky
- Work typeOn-site
- EmploymentFull-time
- Posted2 November 2026
- SourceSeven Counties's careers page (Workday)
Live checkFirst seen 4 days ago; still listed on Seven Counties's careers page 2 h ago.
At a glance
- EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent
Read from the ad by RoleFinder rules; the description is the source.
Back from the application? Add your CV and RoleFinder scores your fit for this role, then ranks your best 12 open roles where you want to work, each with a one-line reason.
Check my fitAbout the role
Job Description:
PURPOSE
Under routine supervision, a self-identified consumer of mental health services who is in recovery, who provides emotional support by appropriately sharing lived experience and providing services to individuals with similar diagnoses. Will provide individual and/or group structured and scheduled non-clinical therapeutic activities to promote socialization, recovery, self-advocacy preservation, and enhancement of community living skills.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Serves as an active member of the client’s treatment team, including participation in team meetings and treatment planning meetings.
- Assists clients in development of recovery plan, including psychiatric advance directives and crisis plan.
- Provides education and resources about recovery and wellness.
- Implements and coordinates recovery plans for individual clients in assigned population group, including evaluation, consultation, and education, and follow-up services.
- Serves as role model for clients by sharing own recovery process and teaching effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.
- Connects to resources and services for individual clients in collaboration with case management services.
- Maintains accurate, thorough records on all assigned cases and uses documentation to assist clients in evaluating progress.
- Provides advocacy services on behalf of clients.
- Informs supervisor, and other members of treatment team as indicated, of issues/concerns related to individual clients.
- Manages client caseload, client services, and activities to maximize direct care client time and reach expected productivity targets
- Maintains continuing education requirements and required training documentation in record management systems
EDUCATION
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Active Kentucky Adult Peer Support Specialist Certification
- Maintains continuing education requirements and required training documentation in record management systems to maintain Certification.
- Attest to one year recovery as defined by DBHDID regulations.
- Preferred two (2) years in recovery.
EXPERIENCE
- Have a current or past diagnosis of a mental health disorders, and have received or be receiving treatment
- Preferred over six months’ experience as a Peer Support Specialist and/or leading recovery groups or programs.
- Good interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills.
- Knowledge of applicable population group and principles/philosophy of recovery.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS
- Position requires lifting of 20 pounds maximum, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of items weighing up to ten pounds.
- Normal work tasks may involve exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissue.
- May involve 24-hour on-call responsibilities.
- Eighteen years of age or older.
Time Type:
Full time
Get open roles ranked against your CV
Add your CV once. RoleFinder ranks the open roles where you want to work, plus remote ones, against it, shows your best 12 with a one-line reason each, and emails you new matches once a week. The file is read once by AI and not kept; employers never see it.
Sign in with Google or email to start. How we handle your CV