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type: 'JobPosting'
title: 'Peer Specialist I (Part-time) - Psychiatric Emergency Services'
url: 'https://pepper.socialhost.dev/job/23362590/peer-specialist-i-part-time-psychiatric-emergency-services/'
job_id: '23362590'
organization: 'SFX Demo'
location: 'Pittsburgh, PA'
employment_type: 'Part-Time'
date_posted: '2026-03-02T11:30:43.243Z'
date_modified: '2026-05-18T09:14:27.823Z'
---

# Peer Specialist I (Part-time) - Psychiatric Emergency Services

- Location: Pittsburgh, PA (On-site)
- Employment type: Part-Time
- Category: Behavioral Health
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: ST Health Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Pay: $19.40–$30.14 / hr
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2026-03-02T11:30:43.243Z

## Description

ST Health Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Services department (PES), located in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, is open 24 hours a day for people of all ages. We offer a safe and secure treatment setting. Our team includes Psychiatrists, Nurses, BH Navigators, and Peer Specialists who are committed to providing the best emergency care for our patients.

Peer Specialists I are individuals with lived experience who provide non-clinical support as a fully integrated treatment team member and educator for staff.

**Responsibilities:**

**Feedback and Communication**

- Provide feedback to clients, families, and clinical staff.

**Recovery Management**

- Assist clients in recovery management, including goal setting, identifying barriers, and strategies.

- Help clients find and use community supports and resources.

**Advocacy**

- Advocate for clients in meetings, voicing their viewpoints and goals.

**Community Engagement**

- Accompany clients to community activities and provide follow-up services.

- Facilitate recovery and wellness groups; offer individual support.

**Progress Monitoring**

- Monitor progress and provide feedback.

**Crisis Support**

- Use crisis support to develop and implement action plans.

**Documentation**

- Maintain required paperwork and documentation promptly.

- High School Diploma or equivalent.

- Certified Peer Specialist or Certified Recovery Specialist certification is preferred.

- Have lived experience in one or more of the following areas: mental health, substance use disorder, the recovery process, and willing to share experiences to the benefit of clients/patients served.

- Progressed in own recovery and have basic understanding of the recovery principles: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Empowerment Skills, Self-Advocacy, Educational Opportunities, and the importance of using personal and community Supports.

- Able to articulate to clients/patients, families, and to interested stakeholders that peer support is a non-clinical service to promote recovery and wellness.

- Basic understanding of mental health, wellness, and resiliency.

- Familiar with Office 365 e.g., Microsoft Word, Outlook.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**

- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)

- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

- Act 33 with renewal

- Act 34 with renewal

- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

***ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran***

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