Mental Health Peer Specialist
About the Role
As the Mental Health Peer Specialist, you will provide recovery-focused services to individuals in MHMR programs, adhering to TAC requirements. You will offer recovery and wellness support, mentoring, and advocacy in both group and individual settings. Drawing from your personal recovery experience, you will teach the value of recovery, model effective coping techniques and self-help strategies, and foster positive relationships with support resources. You will develop and implement educational, support, and affiliation groups tailored to individual needs and preferences, while assisting clients in efficiently utilizing community resources and natural support.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- At least one (1) year of cumulative experience as a recipient of community mental health services for a condition within Texas' target population, along with self-reported life experience in active recovery
- Within one (1) year of hire date, obtain Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) certification and maintain certification biannually by completing CEUs provided in Tarrant County
- Valid Texas Driver’s License
- Complete Peer Specialist Core Training and Mental Health Peer Specialist training within 6 months of hire date
Preferences: Completed peer specialist orientation and self-assessment, completed Peer Specialist Core Training, and passed the knowledge assessment.
Benefits
- Retirement plan with company matching
- Day one PTO accrual
- Ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday
- Employee assistance programs
- Comprehensive wellness programs that promote physical, mental, and financial health
- Qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work–life balance, personal wellbeing, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.
Values
- Respect for people who are active in planning their services
- Recovery is a life-long process of better health
- Success as positive outcomes for each person
- Participation of people and their families in the process
- Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
- Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
- Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial, and organizational fields
- Collaboration with other organizations for better services