Salary Range $20.00 - $22.00 Hourly
Position Type Full Time
Job Shift Day
Education Level High School

Description

Position Summary:

The Peer Support serves as a member of the Prevention team of WestCare Tennessee and works to ensure the delivery of quality services to their coworkers and to the individuals served in the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant (SSPGF). This role provides peer support to eligible veterans and their families in suicide prevention, awareness, and community resource linkage.



Essential Job Functions:


+ Support program alignment with the VA’s National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide (2018)

+ Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, and goals of WestCare Tennessee.

+ Become trained as a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPRS) with the State of Tennessee.

+ Serve as primary outreach liaison in counties serv...