Peer Mentor

About the role

As a Peer Mentor at Oasis Treatment, you’ll use your lived experience to provide direct support, mentorship, and advocacy. This role blends recovery-based relationship-building with life skills coaching, care coordination, and hands-on support across housing, treatment, and community engagement.

What you’ll do

• Maintain a regular caseload of clients and provide one-on-one peer mentorship
• Lead or co-facilitate recovery-focused groups, life skills sessions, and educational programming
• Support clients in navigating housing, employment, 12-step and alternative peer supports, and essential services
• Provide transportation as needed to promote engagement and remove access barriers
• Communicate regularly with case managers, therapists, and other stakeholders to ensure continuity of care
• Conduct drug screens in a trauma-informed, respectful manner
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation in the EHR, in compliance with HIPAA, OARs, and agency standards

Qualifications

• Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) or Peer Support Specialist (PSS) in Oregon
• Minimum of 2 years in recovery with active involvement in a recovery program
• Self-identify as someone with lived experience of substance use or co-occurring challenges
• Valid Oregon driver’s license, insured vehicle, and clean driving record
• Strong communication, boundary-setting, and team collaboration skills
• Preferred: Experience in behavioral health or recovery housing; bilingual (English/Spanish); familiarity with harm reduction or trauma-informed approaches