Certified Peer Specialist - Washington, DC

Job title: Certified Peer Specialist - Washington, DC in Washington DC at Marigold Health Company: Marigold Health Job description: Great opportunity for recovery coaches and peers in training to have a voice and make a difference!Marigold Health is looking for an innovative peer recovery specialist to help people find their path to wellness and reduced substance use utilizing a new model for technology-enabled peer support. The opportunity may be for full or part-time depending on our needs and your experience. Our app operates 24/7 with shifts ranging from 7 AM to 10 PM per day.Marigold Health exists to give every person with a mental health or substance use condition a place to feel heard.Our work is focused on providing evidence-based, virtual peer support to people interested in recovery and/or in reducing harm from substance use.We've designed a novel program that augments the work peers do with technology ranging from automated, interactive outreach to individuals to asynchronous, digital group discussions. Marigold's mobile app provides multiple avenues for people in recovery to build their recovery capital and expand their community networks.What You'll Do

• App Chat Moderation & Engagement
• Stimulate meaningful conversations by initiating chat starters, particularly those related to recovery experiences. Share personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction to support others seeking/maintaining recovery.
• Use your experience to identify and engage a network of referring agencies as well as add to the database of member resources.
• Oversee group chats and forum discussions to ensure a productive, on-topic environment that adheres to Marigold's Code of Conduct (COC) guidelines by monitoring hate speech, spam, inappropriate language, or abusive content to maintain a safe space for all members.
• Review flagged content based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) alerts, and take action as necessary, such as removing COC-violating content.
• Engage in follow-up with members about next steps when a violation occurs and involve the appropriate peer support team member if needed.
• Member Management
• Actively welcome and engage new members as they join the app community, making them feel supported from day one.
• Pause or remove members from groups when necessary, or work with the app administrators to address more serious issues.
• Manage a caseload of enrolled members to provide 1:1 peer support services.
• Document your work in our record systems according to Marigold and prevailing standards.
• Travel onsite to scheduled outreach visits as needed.
• Engage membership at large primarily on our platform and occasionally via regularly scheduled phone/video calls, text messages, digital support groups, and wellness planning

What You Have

• Certification as a Peer Specialist in substance use disorder or mental health recovery in Washington, DC.
• Reliable access to internet in a private space
• Comfort operating a smartphone, computer, and software tools such as Microsoft Office
• Ability to document member engagements in an electronic record
• Access to reliable transportation to travel to onsite weekly visits
• A willingness to speak to your personal lived experience with mental health and/or substance use conditions
• An ability to work independently, combined with a comfort-level and clear understanding of when to reach out with questions or requests for clarification
• Demonstrated ability to create wellness plans and/or recovery goals
• Ability to adapt and prioritize tasks to meet the needs of members
• A willingness to work evening and weekend hours
• Experience delivering peer support digitally (e.g. on social media) is a significant plus
• Fluency in Spanish is a significant plus

$45,000 - $52,000 a yearMore About Marigold HealthMarigold Health is an early-stage, rapidly growing startup providing services for a range of community-based mental health and substance use treatment providers as well as for managed care organizations. We collaborate with eminent investigators at Brown University and Johns Hopkins and have been publicly recognized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the American Psychiatric Association.Our core values are authenticity, candor, and ambition.Inclusion is at the core of what we do. We're working to bring care to the most underserved and stigmatized patients. We actively welcome applicants from a wealth of different backgrounds (including but not limited to race, gender, educational background, and sexual orientation). We must have diversity on our team and in our mindsets to be successful in moving the needle on the deeply entrenched and systematic challenges we face.Marigold Health is an equal opportunity employer.Questions? Email peopleops@ for more info. Expected salary: $45000 - 52000 per year Location: Washington DC Apply for the job now! Apply for this job