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Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center

Youth Peer Support Specialist

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What they do

A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.

$31,383 / year median in Alabama

-9% projected decline

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Job Description

Adam Bishop Center (ABC), 1105 7th Ave., Jasper, AL 35501 Published July 6, 2026 Category Mental Illness Children and Adolescents Job Type Part-time Position Level Entry County Walker Description Job duties include working with young teens and adults enrolled in our organization's clinical services. Will work closely with the individual's clinical team leader to implement the treatment process with the young person and their family. Must have personal experience as a child/teen ("I have lived experience") in personally receiving mental health services or child welfare and be able to appropriately disclose and share that experience with young adults, ages 10-21, in order to foster hope, build resiliency, and develop self-advocacy skills that will empower them to achieve their goals.
Requirements:
Minimum of a high school diploma or GED/high school equivalency certificate Valid driver's license and be 21 with an insurable driving record to meet driving insurability requirements. Personal experience with mental health as a child or adolescent. Social security card Knowledge of computer software and programs, Word, Outlook and type 40+ wpm. Employment requires a 5 day paid orientation held in Marion County, AL, Monday-Friday, 8:30a-4p.
Pay Rate:
Will be discussed during the interview.
Schedule:
Monday-Friday; the schedule will be discussed at the interview.
Full Time Benefits Include:
Local Government Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Health insurance Guardian Dental, Vision, and Term life insurance Northwest provides a Guardian term life policy at no cost to you. Retirement Systems of Alabama (ERS) Employees' Retirement System 12 Paid Holidays Bereavement Pay Earned Sick and Vacation Time And More Amazing Benefits!
Part Time Benefits Include:
Retirement Systems of Alabama (ERS) Employees' Retirement System NWAMHC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other prohibited characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Apply Now