Peer Support Specialist [1429]

Job Description

Job Description

Position : Peer Support Specialist [1429]

Program : Amarillo, Texas – Reset Diversion

Salary : $15.66 / hr. - $17.50 / hr. (based on experience)

Shift available : Full-time

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”

Essential duties and responsibilities :

• Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
• Peer wellness and support services will be provided in either a group or individual setting
• Services will be provided face-to-face and / or via telehealth as outlined in materials provided by Via Hope of Austin and / or other certified recovery communities that promote wellness and recovery
• The Peer Support Specialist provides vision-driven hope and encouragement to support people in their recovery and assist them in connecting to the community
• Participants in this program will qualify based on the grant statement of work eligibility criteria
• Provides opportunities for individuals receiving services to direct their own recovery process and act as an advocate for the needs and rights of persons served
• Will model competency in recovery and healthy coping skills and boundaries
• Participates in staff consultation and team meetings to learn effective strategies that promote Shared Decision making and recovery
• Works with individuals one-on-one and in groups to provide recovery training and outreach to individuals who use the behavioral health services in the community
• Offer instruction and support to help people develop the skills they need to facilitate their individual recovery
• Meets productivity standards set forth by the program director and agency requirements
• Will collaborate with Peer Support Specialists across the agency in serving many individuals with unique needs
• Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and / or business standards defined in the code are compromised

Required qualifications to be successful in the job :

Preferred qualifications to be successful in the job :

At TPC, passion and meaningful work is rewarded! We offer employees :

Click here for TPC’s FY2026 Summary of Benefits