💼 Full-Time Position

Certified Peer Specialist (CORE)

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Wisconsin Community Services
📍 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Location
Milwaukee, United States
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Posted
June 19, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Position Summary : Provides peer support to youth and young adults who are being served by the CORE program and experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The Peer Specialist is a crucial position on the CORE team and is responsible for providing support, education and mentoring to youth/young adults enrolled in the program. The role of the Certified Peer Specialist is that of a coach or mentor who through his or her lived recovery experience, can provide guidance and role modeling to promote wellness, purpose in life, develop relationships, and the insight necessary to move forward in life and recovery.

Essential Functions:

  • Provide one to one peer support to youth and young adult in the community experiencing the onset of mental health needs.
  • Role model recovery in all interactions and utilize lived experience to engage youth/young adults in CORE.
  • From a recovery perspective provide a strength based review of the youth/young adult’s ...