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Peer Support Specialist in Recovery

Student-Friendly Entry-Level
Company

SOAR Community Services

Location

brantford, Canada

Posted

June 05, 2026

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About This Opportunity

Offer hope and encouragement as a Peer Support Specialist with SOAR Community Services. Utilize your lived experience to foster supportive relationships and guide clients toward recovery.

As a Peer Support Specialist, you will play a crucial role in connecting with individuals facing substance use and mental health challenges. Using your own recovery journey, you will facilitate peer-led groups and help clients set personal goals. You will also collaborate with staff, contributing your unique peer perspective to the team.

Key Responsibilities:
• Build relationships by sharing lived experiences of recovery
• Facilitate peer-led groups to provide support
• Guide clients in identifying recovery goals
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
• Participate in agency-wide peer initiatives

Requirements:
• Lived experience of substance use recovery
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills