Peer Support Specialist

At Community Alliance, we believe in the potential of recovery for all individuals with a mental health and substance use challenges, and we dedicate our resources to support the journey of each individual we serve. Community Alliance has several opportunities for Peer Support positions.

Community Alliance is offering an integrated health care approach and built on an array of mental health and primary care services. Ideal candidates will have passion for working with vulnerable populations and comfortable in collaborating with other professionals to empower clients to achieve self-defined goals. Leverage your lived experience in recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorder to assist clients in the rehabilitative and recovery process.

ThePeer Support Specialist for Crisis is required to have a Bachelor's Degree or a State Certification upon hire. The position also requires a valid driver's license.
The position is full-time from 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm and full-time from 11 pm - 7:30 am.

The Peer Support specialist for Safe Harbor is required to have a State Certification upon hire. This position is full-time from 3 pm-11:30 pm, or 11 pm-730am.

The Peer Support Specialist for the Opioid Program is required to have State Certification upon hire. The position is full-time from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday - Friday.

• Contribute to the development of integrated treatment plans, with a focus on helping clients to articulate self-identified goals for recovery

• Teach and support clients’ use of coping skills needed to facilitate individual recovery

• Assist clients in self-managing personal crisis

• Ensure clients can access services that align with goals identified in their treatment plans

• Proactively collaborate and communicate with members of a multi-disciplinary care team (e.g., information sharing; planned and spontaneous case consultations; collaborative care visits)

• High-school diploma/GED required. Post-secondary education preferred

• Self-identified as a current or former recipient of professional behavioral health services which has led toward recovery from a major mental illness and/or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder

• Successful completion of an agency recognized peer specialist training program

• Knowledge of recovery principles, coping skills, advocacy techniques and community resources

• Ability to connect, communicate, and effectively work with people from diverse cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, and professional backgrounds

Peer Support Specialist for Crisis Line

• A Bachelors degree or a State certification as peer specialist is REQUIRED upon hire.

• A valid drivers license is required

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