The Peer Support Specialist utilizes lived experience to build rapport and provide support, guidance, and advocacy to patients and their families; assists patients with accessing and navigating behavioral health care services, recourse, and systems of care; encourages full patient engagement in services to promote wellness and recovery; and performs related duties as assigned. Provides peer to peer support services on the EMPATH unit but not limited to support, encouragement, guidance, advocacy, and referrals to external resources and services for patients and their families; builds rapport with patients and their families through sharing stories of lived experience and recovery.