Peer Specialist - CBHC
Job Description
Riverside Community Care
Love what you do!
Certified Peer Specialist - CBHC
*Lived experience required*
The Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) is an integral member of the Adult Clinical Teams, providing strength-based, peer-to-peer education, coaching, modeling, guidance and support to persons served. Peer Specialists provide specialized expertise based on sharing their own lived experience of mental health challenges with purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation in a Person served who is struggling with similar concerns. Peer Specialists will guide persons served through their treatment process providing outreach, peer support and advocacy, all in accordance to the client’s individual behavioral healthcare plan. Working in coordination with the interdisciplinary team, the Peer Specialists will use their recovery experience as a positive model for the individual’s process.
In this vital role, the CPS will:
- Support Person served to communicate effectively and foster their communication with family, friends, allies/natural supports, providers, and others.
- Closely collaborate with the treatment team and other external supports to ensure that the person served’s vision and goals guide treatment decisions; focus on aspirational life goals (e.g. education, employment, healthy relationships, and independence); and support person served in building the skills they need
- Promote self-care through modeling healthy habits and sharing and identifying resources and strategies that can be helpful to Person served
- Participate in behavior management, limit setting and crisis intervention as needed
Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours
Pay Rate:
- $22.27/hour uncertified
- $23.27/hour with CPS certification.
- $24.27/hour with CARC certification
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
- Eleven paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
- Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
- Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
- Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
Learn more about our benefits and culture:
Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!
Required Skills
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office) required
- Valid driver’s license and regular access to a reliable vehicle required
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of lived experience with and recovering from mental health needs, substance use, and/or traumatic life concerns which caused challenge in one or more areas of life required.
- High School Degree/GED required; Bachelors preferred
- One year experience working with target population in CPS or closely similar role required
- Peer Specialist certification strongly preferred at hire, but must successfully complete coursework and exam no later than 1 year from hire
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive organization committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from culturally diverse applicants. We provide equal opportunity for all persons seeking employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
Riverside Community Care
Love what you do!
Certified Peer Specialist - CBHC
*Lived experience required*
The Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) is an integral member of the Adult Clinical Teams, providing strength-based, peer-to-peer education, coaching, modeling, guidance and support to persons served. Peer Specialists provide specialized expertise based on sharing their own lived experience of mental health challenges with purpose and intent to inspire hope and motivation in a Person served who is struggling with similar concerns. Peer Specialists will guide persons served through their treatment process providing outreach, peer support and advocacy, all in accordance to the client’s individual behavioral healthcare plan. Working in coordination with the interdisciplinary team, the Peer Specialists will use their recovery experience as a positive model for the individual’s process.
In this vital role, the CPS will:
- Support Person served to communicate effectively and foster their communication with family, friends, allies/natural supports, providers, and others.
- Closely collaborate with the treatment team and other external supports to ensure that the person served’s vision and goals guide treatment decisions; focus on aspirational life goals (e.g. education, employment, healthy relationships, and independence); and support person served in building the skills they need
- Promote self-care through modeling healthy habits and sharing and identifying resources and strategies that can be helpful to Person served
- Participate in behavior management, limit setting and crisis intervention as needed
Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours
Pay Rate:
- $22.27/hour uncertified
- $23.27/hour with CPS certification.
- $24.27/hour with CARC certification
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
- Eleven paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
- Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
- Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
- Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
Learn more about our benefits and culture:
Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!
Required Skills
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office) required
- Valid driver’s license and regular access to a reliable vehicle required
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of lived experience with and recovering from mental health needs, substance use, and/or traumatic life concerns which caused challenge in one or more areas of life required.
- High School Degree/GED required; Bachelors preferred
- One year experience working with target population in CPS or closely similar role required
- Peer Specialist certification strongly preferred at hire, but must successfully complete coursework and exam no later than 1 year from hire
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive organization committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from culturally diverse applicants. We provide equal opportunity for all persons seeking employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
About Riverside Community Care
A community-based non-profit organization serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, Riverside Community Care offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. And our digital learning platforms extend our reach to more than one million people around the globe, providing tools for education, prevention, and crisis management.
We are dedicated to: Children, youth, and families needing mental healthcare, early intervention services, family support, and care coordination services.
Individuals with mental health needs seeking counseling and/or medication, emergency psychiatric services, employment, and housing support.
Those with developmental disabilities, brain injury, or autism, needing residential services, employment assistance, or support services.
Families and children who have experienced domestic violence.
Schools, colleges, workplaces, and communities seeking to address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk.
Organizations and communities facing the aftermath of a tragic event such as a teen suicide or natural disaster.
We partner with local hospitals and physicians, and work with most insurers and MassHealth in support of individual and collective goals.
Our staff are remarkable, compassionate people who are proud of the work they do to improve people’s lives and are up for any challenge.
You can count on Riverside when you or someone you know needs help.
We take your trust seriously and work hard to make a difference by delivering integrated, quality care.
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