Organization: Life Point Healthcare

Location: Dallas, TX

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Life Point Healthcare:

Life Point Healthcare is a behavioral and mental health agency committed to providing compassionate, client-focused care. Join our team to make a meaningful impact in mental wellness.

Position Summary:

A Recovery Peer Support Specialist uses their lived experience with mental health and/or substance use recovery to provide hope, encouragement, and practical support to individuals working toward their own recovery. This role focuses on empowering clients, modeling recovery-oriented behaviors, and helping people navigate services, build coping skills, and strengthen their support networks. The Peer Support Specialist works as part of a care team to promote resilience, self-advocacy, and long-term wellness.

Key Responsibilities:

•     Build trusting, supportive, non-judgmental relationships with individuals in recovery.

• Use personal lived experience to offer guidance, encouragement, and relatable insight.

• Provide one-on-one peer mentoring, recovery coaching, and emotional support.

• Assist clients in identifying strengths, goals, and personalized recovery plans.

• Help individuals access community resources, behavioral health services, housing, employment support, and recovery programs.

• Facilitate peer-led groups, workshops, and recovery-focused activities.

• Model healthy coping skills, self-care practices, and recovery principles.

• Support clients in crisis by offering grounding techniques and connecting them to appropriate professionals or services.

• Maintain accurate, timely documentation of interactions and progress according to organizational standards.

• Communicate and collaborate with clinical staff, case managers, and other support team members.

• Uphold ethical boundaries, confidentiality standards, and trauma-informed approaches at all times.

Qualifications:

• Certification as a Peer Support Specialist (or willingness to obtain certification).

• Knowledge of recovery principles, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care.

• Strong communication, empathy, and relationship-building skills.

• Ability to support individuals from diverse backgrounds with compassion and respect.

• Basic documentation and computer skills.

What We Offer:

    •    Competitive salary and benefits.

    •    Professional development opportunities.

    •    A supportive, team-oriented workplace.

How to Apply:

Submit your APPLICATION, RESUME, AND COVER LETTER. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Life Point Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.