Peer Counselor

2 days ago
United States$21.15/hrPart TimeCounselor
✓ No Call

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Accepting this costs you $177k over 3 years

This employer has 7 open roles — high hiring urgency

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Job Description

About the Role

Join People Encouraging People as a Peer Counselor in United States. People Encouraging People offers quality mobile behavioral health services to people with serious and persistent mental health and substance abuse disorders. We continuously strive to provide these services with integrity, honesty and respect.

Key Responsibilities

  • provide these services with integrity, honesty and respect.
  • provide expertise that professional training cannot replicate.
  • Provide outreach services to clients in the community and coordinate health services between the Agency, com.
  • provide highly individualized services in the community and promote self-determination and decision making.

Requirements

  • A valid drivers license, clean driving record and means of reliable transportation.
  • A lived experience with mental illness, substance abuse, or homelessness
  • Must have a Peer Support Certification or be willing to obtain one in an agree upon timeframe if hired.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Hourly rate: $21.15/hr.

Work Schedule

  • varying shifts schedule.
  • Weekend coverage may be required.

Apply to join People Encouraging People as a Peer Counselor.

Key Skills

Outreach ServicesCrisis InterventionSubstance Abuse EducationCase CoordinationPatient AdvocacySpanish SpeakingComputer SkillsTeamwork
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Overview

This Peer Counselor position at People Encouraging People includes the following lifestyle factors: no on-call duties. Candidates should review the full job details to assess overall work-life fit.

General Medicine — Physician Career Context

This General Medicine position at People Encouraging People is open to physician candidates.

Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.

Compensation Analysis

This position also offers production-based compensation: $21 per hourly. Production bonuses can significantly increase total earnings above the stated base salary range.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • Transparent compensation ($0k–$0k)

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Outreach Services, Crisis Intervention, Substance Abuse Education, Case Coordination, Patient Advocacy, Spanish Speaking, Computer Skills, Teamwork. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this General Medicine role.

Core responsibilities: Provide community-based outreach and coordinate health services between the agency, home, and community settings. Deliver substance abuse education, family support, and crisis intervention as part of an Assertive Community Treatment Team.

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About People Encouraging People

Mental Health Care
Baltimore, MD
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Protective Factors (1)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

Interpretation: Position includes 1 validated protective factor against burnout.

Job Details

Employment Type

Part Time

Posted

2d ago