CBHC PACT Peer Specialist, Florence

About the role

The Peer Specialist will provide support to individuals overcoming severe and persistent behavioral health disorders through mutual peer support, advocacy, and education.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate access to resources for individuals served
• Provide peer recovery support, including sharing recovery stories
• Afford hope and role model recovery
• Assist with accessing treatment and supports for recovery
• Develop and maintain knowledge of community resources
• Support basic needs of individuals as needed

Requirements

• Lived experience as someone served by the mental health/behavioral health service system
• Willingness to share knowledge and experience of recovery
• High School Diploma
• One year of sustained recovery
• Computer proficiency
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Bilingual candidates strongly encouraged

Qualifications

• Peer specialist certification through Mass DMH after hire

Skills

• Self-determination
• Mutuality and reciprocity
• Individual respect and dignity
• Easy to understand language
• Non-judgmental attitude

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Full health and dental coverage
• Free CEUs for in-house training
• Ambles paid time off
• A 403B retirement savings plan
• Employee referral bonuses
• Group rate supplemental insurances
• A premier employee assistance program
• Personal cell phone plan discounts
• A flexible, supportive work environment fostering collaboration

Pay

$38,000 - $44,000/year

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate client needs